befallen

英 [bɪˈfɔːlən]

美 [bɪˈfɔːlən]

v.  降临到(某人)头上; 发生在(某人)身上
befall的过去分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB （不幸或不好的事）降临到…头上，发生在…身上
  If something bad or unluckybefallsyou, it happens to you.
  1. ...the disaster that befell the island of Flores.
     降临到弗洛里斯岛的灾难

双语例句

• Nascent signs of the capital flight that has befallen other Asian economies, prompting currency depreciation and subsequent exchange market intervention, are starting to surface.
  正在浮现的初步迹象显示，其它亚洲经济体遇到了资本的外逃，导致本币贬值以及随后的外汇市场干预。
• If the affliction is now affecting China, then it will have befallen all the large economies.
  如果说这种苦恼正在影响中国，那么它会降临所有大型经济体。
• If we had been careful such a calamity would not have befallen us.
  假如我们谨慎的话，这种灾难不会降临到我们的头上。
• And Benitez insists it was vital that he understood the economic situation at Anfield in order to prevent the Reds suffering the same fate which has befallen Leeds United in recent times.
  并且，贝尼斯特强调，这是必要的。他了解现在安菲尔德的财政状况，为了防止红军遭遇前不久类似利兹联的命运。
• Anastasya is convinced the Mother Namtaru, the Avatar of Asha's Nightmares, can give her clues to unraveling the mystery of all that has befallen her.
  安娜斯塔西娅打算劝说娜姆塔茹蛛母&亚沙噩梦的化身，希望它可以给予自己揭开降临到她身上的这一切谜团的线索。
• She told him what unexpected things had befallen her, and then added, I am truly delighted at having found an opportunity of sending something to my poor husband.
  她告诉他她所遇到的意外之事，然后说：我真高兴有机会送点东西给我可怜的丈夫。
• The same fate seems to have befallen active equity fund managers.
  如今同样的命运似乎落到了积极股票基金经理人的身上。
• These political partnerships will ensure a degree of insulation from the type of problems that have befallen BP, while providing oil firms access to markets currently beyond reach.
  这种政治合作将确保国际石油公司一定程度上免受bp那种问题的困扰，同时让它们得以进入目前无法企及的市场。
• The string of disasters that has befallen the nation since then will only add to questions about where the limits of the long-suffering public's patience lie.
  这个国家此后遭遇的连串灾难只会增加疑问：公众的耐心极限在哪里？
• But New York must contend with the series of disastrous results that have befallen the big Wall Street firms this year.
  但纽约必须应对华尔街大公司今年遭受的一系列灾难性后果。