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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Yoshiki, despite so many setbacks in his personal life and the tragedy that recently befell his homeland, remains dedicated to healing and redemption.
  虽然他的人生曾经经历过很多挫折，这次的悲剧又降临他的祖国，仍然致力于献身救助和弥合（伤口的）事业。
• Many exciting things befell her during that visit.
  在访问期间，她碰到许多令人激动的事。
• On August I have been to Beijing to watch an Olympic sports game and then a good news befell me.
  这一年的八月，我去北京观看了奥运会比赛，同时，幸运也降临到了我的头上。
• Even after the Victory Day bad events befell, and some Soviet soldiers had been killed in ambushes, sometimes because of their own carelessness or improvidence.
  甚至在胜利日后也有悲剧发生，有些苏军士兵被德国的残兵杀害了，有些时候是因为他们自己的粗心大意所致。
• 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。
• It was through my awful memory for names that something unpleasant befell me not too long ago.
  在枯涩的记忆中搜索人名的时候我才想起不久前发生了一件不愉快的事情。
• 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。