befell

英 [bɪˈfel]

美 [bɪˈfel]

v.  降临到(某人)头上; 发生在(某人)身上
befall的过去式

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

• A misfortune befell him.
  不幸降临到他身上。
• The full extent of the disaster that befell the museum came to light only today, as the frenzied looting that swept much of the capital over the previous three days began to ebb.
  这次降临在该博物馆的灾难的完整情况直到今天才被公众知晓，这时狂热的抢劫活动已经在过去的三天席卷了这个首都，并开始逐渐消退。
• He wanted to stay at the Volga until tragedy befell, and Goring's transparent lie helped him to do it.
  他要留在伏尔加河，一直等到悲剧降临，而戈林的骗不了人的瞎话在这一点上给他帮了忙。
• One day a good fortune befell him.
  一天之间，他就时来运转。
• Many exciting things befell her during that visit.
  在访问期间，她碰到许多令人激动的事。
• Mr. Hopkins would not forgive us if some misfortune befell you.
  万一你出个意外，霍普金斯先生不会原谅我们。
• He noted what repeatedly befell him, that, after receiving from a distance a rare plant, he would presently find the same in his own haunts.
  他注意到不止一次发生这样的事情，每每他从远方收到一种罕有植物，他总能在自己身边的搜寻中立即发现同样的。
• We doubt whether any marked event, for good or evil, ever befell New England, from its settlement down to Revolutionary times, of which the inhabitants had not been previously warned by some spectacle of this nature.
  从移民时期直到革命年代，凡是发生在新英格兰的重大事件，无论好也罢，坏也罢，恐怕都受过这类性质的某种景象的事先警告。许多人都曾多次见过。
• The developments in West Asia and North Africa and the aftermath of the huge tragedy that befell Japan have introduced fresh uncertainties in the global recovery process.
  近来西亚北非局势动荡，日本也刚刚遭受了地震和海啸，这些都对全球经济的复苏进程带来了极大的不确定性。
• Such an experience befell a certain young girl the first time she was traveling alone.
  一个小姑娘第一次单独出门就碰到了这种情况。