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

• 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。
• Humor is an affirmation of man's dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.& Romain Cary.
  幽默是人的尊严的肯定，是人对降临于他的所有东西的优越感的宣言。&加里。
• "Storms gather without warning in nature, and bad luck befalls men overnight."
  “天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福”
• So understand that what befalls is necessary that she may rise in light again.
  所以请理解，即将降临的一切，是她再次升入光的必需。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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》）