befallen是什么意思？

befallen

英[bɪˈfɔ:lən] 美[bɪ'fɔlən]

• v. 降临到（某人）头上，发生( befall的过去分词 )；

例句

• An accident has befallen him. 一件不测的事已临到他.
• They supposed that some calamity had befallen the Governor. 他们心想这位先生一定遇到了什么无妄之灾.
• If we had been careful such a calamity would not have befallen us. 假如我们谨慎的话,这种灾难不会降临到我们的头上.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  （不幸或不好的事）降临到…头上，发生在…身上
  If something bad or unlucky befalls you, it happens to you.
  例句
  ...the disaster that befell the island of Flores. 降临到弗洛里斯岛的灾难