befall

英 [bɪˈfɔːl]

美 [bɪˈfɔːl]

v.  降临到(某人)头上; 发生在(某人)身上

过去式：befell　过去分词：befallen　第三人称单数：befalls　复数：befalls　现在分词：befalling　

TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.13921 / COCA.14649

牛津词典

verb

• 降临到（某人）头上；发生在（某人）身上
  to happen to sb
  1. They were unaware of the fate that was to befall them.
     他们并不知道即将降临到他们头上的厄运。

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

• Some tragedy will befall a person who walks under a ladder.
  如果谁要是从梯子底下走过去的话，那么厄运就要来了。
• Nevertheless," luck "seemed to befall this poor village.
  然而不久，“幸运之神”降临到这个村子里。
• Statistics show that serious incidents rarely befall travelers.
  统计数据表明严重的危险事故很少发生在旅行者身上。
• It did not want Bear's fate to befall others, notably Lehman Brothers.
  它不想让贝尔斯登的命运降临到其他人身上，尤其是雷曼兄弟的身上。
• Swear your allegiance to us and no harm will befall you.
  承诺效忠于我们，你们将不再受到任何伤害。
• And I want beauty in my life itself, rather than in such chances as befall it.
  我希望我的生命能够不假外物，散发出自然的美。
• Some dire calamity would befall me.
  就会有可怕的灾难降临到我身上。
• An appeal or prayer for evil or misfortune to befall someone or something.
  让病祸或不幸降于某人或某物上的请求或祈祷。
• I fear some evil will befall.
  我怕将要发生甚么不幸。
• The weather is cloudy today, what time the snow will befall?
  今天有点阴天，不知道北京的第一场雪什么时候才能降临？