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。
• 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》）
• Believing that all is to be good, then good luck befalls!
  相信一切会好，好运就会到来！
• 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。
• When misfortune befalls and all wealth is gone, at that time, it is impossible and too late for them to have even a peaceful life as usual.
  等到祸患临头，所有的财物化为乌有，想求得像从前一样，过一天平安的日子也不可得，那就太迟了。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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.
  人固有一死，或重于泰山，或轻于鸿毛。
• 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。