befalls

英 [bɪˈfɔːlz]

美 [bɪˈfɔːlz]

v.  降临到(某人)头上; 发生在(某人)身上
befall的第三人称单数

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

• No greater misfortune befalls a country than to be governed by a tyrant.
  没有比一个国家被暴君统治而更不幸的了。
• On the contrary, any one's more to be pitied when such a mischance befalls him. Poor John stopped a packet when his car was in collision with a lorry.
  恰恰相反，一个人碰到这种把戏才真可怜呢！约翰的车与一辆卡车相撞，可怜的约翰身负重伤。
• Will you teach your children what we have taught our children? That the earth is our mother? What befalls the earth befalls all the sons of the earth.
  你能教你们的孩子就如同我们曾教我们的孩子一样吗？教：大地是我们母亲？那覆盖大地的也同样覆盖所有的大地之子？
• Whatever befalls the Earth befalls the sons of the Earth.
  任何降临在地球上的事也会降临在地球之子的身上。
• "Storms gather without warning in nature, and bad luck befalls men overnight."
  “天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福”
• And who pays the bills if a mishap befalls him as he does?
  如果他遭遇了车祸，或者他的车制造了车祸，谁该来为他买单？
• We will carry on, whatever befalls.
  不管发生什么我们都会坚持下去。
• We shall never leave you, whatever befalls.
  不论发生什么事情，我们永远不会离开你。
• Believing that all is to be good, then good luck befalls!
  相信一切会好，好运就会到来！
• Though death befalls all men alike, it may be weightier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather.& all men must die, but some die a more meaningful death than others.
  人固有一死，死有重于泰山，或轻于鸿毛。（司马迁《报任少卿书》）