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

• 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。
• And that, more than access to any particular class or bit of educational content, was what saved me from the fate of early marriage and poverty that befell so many others.
  这些指引比上任何特定课程或学习任何教育内容都更为重要，正是这些指引使我摆脱了像许多人那样早早嫁人和陷于贫困的命运。
• One day a good fortune befell him.
  一天之间，他就时来运转。
• 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。
• 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。
• I'm writing today about a tragedy that befell my classmate.
  我写的是今天发生在我同学身上的一个灾难。
• Modern woman has been freed from many of the duties that befell her sisters in times past.
  现代女性已经从许多压在旧时女性身上的责任中解放出来了。
• 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。
• A succession of misfortunes befell the poor little girl.
  这个可怜的女孩遭受了种种不幸。
• People close to Lehman say the bank is now convinced that it is the target of an orchestrated campaign by short-sellers attempting to force it into sharing the same fate as befell bear.
  熟悉雷曼兄弟的人士透露，该行现在确信自己已经成为卖空者一项有组织预谋的对象，企图迫使其遭受与贝尔斯登相同的命运。