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

• "Storms gather without warning in nature, and bad luck befalls men overnight."
  “天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福”
• Just as an old saying goes," A death befalls all men alike, I'll keep a loyal heart to make a name in history", although their life ends tragically, we may see the sublimity of humanity from them.
  “人生自古谁无死，留取丹心照汗青”虽是悲剧性的结果，却让我们在他们身上看到了人性的崇高！
• We shall never leave you, whatever befalls.
  不论发生什么事情，我们永远不会离开你。
• 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》）
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• It is not absolutely an objective social relationship which befalls you.
  这不是由客观社会强加与你的关系。
• 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。