befell
v. 降临到(某人)头上,发生( befall的过去式 ); 降临,发生,落到
If something bad or unlucky befalls you, it happens to you.
...the disaster that befell the island of Flores.
降临到弗洛里斯岛的灾难
One day a good fortune befell him.
一天之间,他就时来运转.
I know not wherefore it befell.
我不知道为什么变成这个样子.
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。
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.
A great disappointment befell him in the spring.
春天,他遇到了一件使他大失所望的事.