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befall v.发生；降临 (1) 但也可以说，克罗克所说的如果美国撤军就会发生的灾难，实际上已经发生了。(2) 一场大难降临到他的头上。 When something befalls you, it’s like bad luck falling on you. An earthquake can befall a city. A terrible disease could befall a child. A bolt of lightning could befall a very unlucky person. When something befalls you, you’re in trouble. Tragedies befall families in many of Shakespeare’s plays — that’s what makes them so much fun.

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英 [bɪ'fɔːl] 美 [bɪ'fɔːl] (1) It can also be argued that the disaster Mr Crocker says will befall Iraq if America leaves has happened already.(2) A great misfortune befell him. Befall is an old-fashioned or literary way of saying something happened by chance. Bad luck befalls a heroine who drops her lucky rabbit foot. 1[VERB 动词]（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.   [V n]  [LITERARY 文]...the disaster that befell the island of Flores.降临到弗洛里斯岛的灾难

英语单词	befall
英美音标	英 [bɪ'fɔːl] 美 [bɪ'fɔːl]
中文释义	v.发生；降临
英语例句	(1) It can also be argued that the disaster Mr Crocker says will befall Iraq if America leaves has happened already. (2) A great misfortune befell him.
中文例句	(1) 但也可以说，克罗克所说的如果美国撤军就会发生的灾难，实际上已经发生了。 (2) 一场大难降临到他的头上。
vocabulary简明	Befall is an old-fashioned or literary way of saying something happened by chance. Bad luck befalls a heroine who drops her lucky rabbit foot.
vocabulary扩展	When something befalls you, it’s like bad luck falling on you. An earthquake can befall a city. A terrible disease could befall a child. A bolt of lightning could befall a very unlucky person. When something befalls you, you’re in trouble. Tragedies befall families in many of Shakespeare’s plays — that’s what makes them so much fun.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]（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. [V n] [LITERARY 文] ...the disaster that befell the island of Flores. 降临到弗洛里斯岛的灾难

Befall Bad Disaster Happened Befell Luck Unlucky 英