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

• The disease befell so furiously that he could not be spared and was arranged in a small ward with another patient in the segregation area in a hospital.
  疫疾来得凶猛，他不能幸免。他和另外一个患者被安排在一家人民医院隔离区的小病房里。房间空空落落，只有一扇小窗连接外面的世界。疫疾来得凶猛，他不能幸免。
• 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。
• So it befell that by false cunning and pretended tears those were conquered whom great Diomedes had never overcome, nor savage Achilles, nor ten years of warfare, nor a thousand ships.
  大意是，狄俄墨得斯、阿喀琉斯、十年战事、上千首战船都无法攻下的特洛伊城，却沦陷于狡诈和泪水之中。
• A similar misfortune befell a girl, too.
  无独有偶，另一个女孩也有着同样的遭遇。
• Having seen the fate that befell Bear Stearns, he had six months to find a buyer.
  在看到了贝尔斯登（bearstearns）的命运后，他有6个月的时间寻找一个买家。
• You do what Job did: "Then befell to the ground in worship and said:" Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart.
  你可以参照约伯的作法'他伏在地上下拜说：「我赤身出于母胎，也必赤身归回」赏赐的是耶和华，收取的也是耶和华。
• 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。
• 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。