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

• 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。
• 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！
• Will you teach your children what we have taught our children? That the earth is our mother? What befalls the earth befalls all the sons of the earth.
  你能教你们的孩子就如同我们曾教我们的孩子一样吗？教：大地是我们母亲？那覆盖大地的也同样覆盖所有的大地之子？
• 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。
• Believing that all is to be good, then good luck befalls!
  相信一切会好，好运就会到来！
• 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。
• 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。