A couple of weeks ago, Louisiana fell victim to its second most destructive hurricane on record behind Katrina.

几周前，路易斯安那州遭遇了历史上仅次于卡特里娜飓风的第二大破坏性飓风。

Dr Stroeve's radar died on January 31st- one of many of the expedition's machines that fell victim to the Arctic winter.

Stroeve博士的雷达损坏于1月31日——这是牺牲于北极冬季的众多探险设备中的一个。

One theory is that the hostages fell victim to bandits.

【victim】一种说法是人质落在土匪手里。

The park inadvertently fell victim to its own success and became an agent of rapid urbanization.

公园无意中成为其自身成功的牺牲品，成为快速城市化的推动者。

There are more far-reaching and dangerous aspects  of a volcanic eruption, and Pompeii fell victim to those aspects.

火山爆发还有更深远和更危险的方面，庞贝城成为这些方面的牺牲品。

But do any of us actually know of anyone who fell victim to shifty ne'er-do-well neighbors on Halloween?

但是，我们中有人真的知道有人在万圣节期间成为狡猾的坏邻居的受害者吗？

Everyone was a target, and no one was spared. Mothers, infants, pregnant women, the old, and infirm all fell victim to the ruthless campaign.

所有人都是目标，没有例外，母亲、婴儿、怀孕妇女、老人和体弱多病者都成为了残暴运动的牺牲品。

And some queens that survived the winter fell victim to the threats of spring, such as carnivorous plants, birds, and manmade pesticides.

而一些熬过冬天的蜂后却成为春季威胁的牺牲品，例如食肉植物、鸟类和人造杀虫剂。

OK, well, let's say you think it's possible your parents are being defrauded or taken advantage of in some way, like they fell victim to some sort of scam.

好吧，假设您认为您的父母可能被欺骗或以某种方式被利用，就像他们成为某种骗局的受害者一样。

The Al Balaa Reservoir was largely dry for over a decade relying only on winter rainfall, after the powerful pumps that filled the reservoir from a nearby river fell victim to the civil war.

在附近河流注入水库的强大水泵成为内战的受害者后，巴拉水库在十多年里基本上处于干旱状态，仅依靠冬季降雨。

Wilson was in the process of selling the  idea to Congress and the American public when he fell victim to a stroke. The motion to  join the international organization was defeated.

威尔逊中风时，正在向国会和美国公众推销这个想法。加入该国际组织的动议被否决。

There were probably moments in their lives, maybe not too long ago, when they failed to get their goals off the ground; when they wasted time, took the easy road, or fell victim to fear and self-doubt.

在他们生活中的某个时刻，也许就是不久前，他们也曾有过无法实现目标的时候；他们也曾有过浪费时间、走捷径，或成为恐惧和自我怀疑的受害者。

Saturday night, these defense systems seem to have worked, with Israel reporting no injuries suffered directly from an Iranian projectile, although it is believed that a seven-year-old girl fell victim to shrapnel from an Israeli interceptor missile.

星期六晚上，防御系统似乎起了作用，以色列报告称没有受到来自伊朗导弹的直接伤害，尽管据信一名7岁的女孩成为了以色列拦截导弹的弹片的受害者。

The explosion in reptiles ultimately led to the evolution of the dinosaurs, which dominated the planet until they fell victim to the massive impact that allowed us mammals to take over. As Vonnegut would say, so it goes.

爬行动物的激增最终导致了恐龙的进化，恐龙一直是这个星球的支配者，直到后来它们成为某次巨大的冲击牺牲品，我们哺乳类动物才大权在握。正如冯内古特说的，事情就是这样。