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

• 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。
• I accept it, what has befallen me is just.
  我承认，降临于我身的是公平的。
• 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？
• It was one of the worst storms that had befallen Tokyo in ages.
  这是一场东京多年不遇的暴风雪。
• A disaster has befallen us.
  灾难降临了。
• These words were written in 1960 and the calamity that had befallen Mainland China was the persecution of the scholars, referred to as Da Zheng Feng.
  这诗是1960年写的，正是指责大陆当年如火如荼进行大整风的浩劫。
• Somehow I also had to convey confidence to my daughter, to help her endure what had befallen us.
  我还得设法把信心传递给女儿，帮她忍受降临在我们身上的事情。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。