befell是什么意思？

befell

英[bɪˈfel] 美[bɪ'fel]

• v. 降临到（某人）头上，发生( befall的过去式 )，降临，发生，落到；

例句

• Evil befell him. 灾祸落到他身上。
• Mr. Hopkins would not forgive us if some misfortune befell you. 万一你出个意外,霍普金斯先生不会原谅我们.
• I know not wherefore it befell. 我不知道为什么变成这个样子.
• One day a good fortune befell him. 一天之间,他就时来运转.
• 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。
• ...the disaster that befell the island of Flores. 降临到弗洛里斯岛的灾难

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