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

• 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。
• We doubt whether any marked event, for good or evil, ever befell New England, from its settlement down to Revolutionary times, of which the inhabitants had not been previously warned by some spectacle of this nature.
  从移民时期直到革命年代，凡是发生在新英格兰的重大事件，无论好也罢，坏也罢，恐怕都受过这类性质的某种景象的事先警告。许多人都曾多次见过。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A misfortune befell him.
  不幸降临到他身上。