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

• Nothing that ever befell me in my life sank so deep into my heart as this farewell.
  我生平所经历的事情没有一件象这次别离这么深切地刺我的心。
• Many exciting things befell her during that visit.
  在访问期间，她碰到许多令人激动的事。
• A similar misfortune befell a girl, too.
  无独有偶，另一个女孩也有着同样的遭遇。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• As a result, misfortune befell. Liu Hongyu fouled out, too.
  结果厄运降临，刘宏宇也被罚掉。