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

• In a twist of fate, an unexpected occurrence befalls their seemingly mediocre and uneventful lives.
  不料，在看似贫乏无味的人生中，却发生了一件重大转折。
• 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。
• We will carry on, whatever befalls.
  不管发生什么我们都会坚持下去。
• Though death befalls all men alike, it may be weightier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather.
  人固有一死，或重于泰山，或轻于鸿毛。
• "Storms gather without warning in nature, and bad luck befalls men overnight."
  “天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福”
• So understand that what befalls is necessary that she may rise in light again.
  所以请理解，即将降临的一切，是她再次升入光的必需。
• We shall never leave you, whatever befalls.
  不论发生什么事情，我们永远不会离开你。
• 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》）
• 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。
• When adversity befalls others, you tend to comfort them like a thinker.
  当不幸降临在他人头上时，他们往往都能像智者一样劝慰别人；