Van Buren had been president for just a few days when an economic crisis and a political storm struck the country.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

When we read the flood story in Genesis 6 through 9, we're often struck by the very odd literary style.

当我们在《创世纪》中读到关于大洪水故事时，会觉得文风非常奇怪。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

In other words, he no longer can think straight and so he will do something dangerous,harmful, and very ultimately bad for himself,and when he does whatever it is, he is struck by Nemesis,the goddess of retribution.

换句话说,他已经不能理性思考,他会对自己做出危险,有害,甚至及其恶劣的事,无论他做了什么坏事,最终会被惩戒女神尼弥西斯制裁

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Survivors and rescue workers stopped for one minute on Friday to remember the hour when the earthquake struck.

VOA: special.2011.03.19

We were down south, in Alabama C Bill Driscoll and myself when this kidnapping idea struck us.

VOA: special.2011.01.22

The first thing that struck Georgiana when entering the laboratory was the hot furnace.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

Carolyn Maloney's own tragedy struck last September, when she learned that her husband of 31 years had died on a mountain trail, during an expedition to the Himalayas.

VOA: standard.2010.08.07

Residents were asleep in their beds when the 6.3 magnitude quake struck.

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

"The thing that struck me when we had our discussions in Malaysia 18 months ago, was how they were positioning themselves to become a financial services hub, particularly for Islamic finance.

VOA: standard.2010.02.15