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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• As a result, misfortune befell. Liu Hongyu fouled out, too.
  结果厄运降临，刘宏宇也被罚掉。
• 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。
• 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。