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

• This message is to convey our deepest concerns at this tragedy that has befallen your country, and to extend our sincere hope that all of your staff members and families are safe.
  我们籍此信以表达我们对降临在贵国这场灾难最深切的问候，并诚挚地希望你们所有的职员以及他们的家属平安。
• A disaster has befallen us.
  灾难降临了。
• 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？
• "Alas, what a ruin has befallen thee!" said Hester, with the tears, gushing into her eyes." Wilt thou die for very weakness? There is no other cause!"
  “天啊！你已经给毁成什么样子啦！”海丝特说着，泪水涌进了她的眼睛。“你难道就因为软弱而要死吗？此外再没有别的原因了！”
• The greatest disaster that has ever befallen us.
  我们遭受的最严重的灾难。
• 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。
• 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。
• Are you sure of all this, are you sure that nothing ill has befallen my boy?
  这一切都是真的吗，你确实知道我儿子没有遭遇任何不顺利的事吗？
• On Friday Carrie remembered her appointment with hurstwood, and the passing of the hour when she should, by all right of promise, have been in his company served to keep the calamity which had befallen her exceedingly fresh and clear.
  星期五，嘉莉想起她和赫斯渥有个约会。她看着他们约会的那个小时一分分地过去，心里重新清晰地感受到自己身受的灾难。
• But, now we must welcome the Azrael to befallen.
  但现在，我们只有等待死神的降临。