befall
英[bɪ'fɔːl]
美[bɪ'fɔl]
- vi. 降临
- vt. 降临；发生
词态变化
第三人称单数: befalls;过去式: befell;过去分词: befallen;现在分词: befalling;
英文词源
- befall (v.)
- Old English befeallan "to deprive of; fall to, be assigned to; befall," from be- "by, about" + feallan (see fall). Compare Old Frisian bifalla, Old Saxon, Old High German bifallan, German befallen. Related: Befell; befalling.
双语例句
- 1. They were unaware of the fate that was to befall them.
- 他们并不知道即将降临到他们头上的厄运。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. I fear some evil will befall.
- 我怕将要发生甚么不幸.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 3. To be cast out from civilization was the worst fate that could possibly befall me.
- 被文明社会抛弃是可能降临在我身上的最悲惨的命运。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Whatever might befall now, he must on to his journey's end.
- 现在他已是无论如何非到巴黎不可了.
来自英汉文学 - 双城记
- 5. Heaven only knew what disasters would befall him then.
- 那么一来,有什么不幸会发生,只有天知道了.
来自辞典例句