befall
英[b?'f??l]
美[b?'f?l]
- vi. 降臨
- vt. 降臨；發生
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?befalls;過去式:?befell;過去分詞:?befallen;現在分詞:?befalling;
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. They were unaware of the fate that was to befall them.
- 他們并不知道即將降臨到他們頭上的厄運。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. I fear some evil will befall.
- 我怕將要發生甚么不幸.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 3. To be cast out from civilization was the worst fate that could possibly befall me.
- 被文明社會拋棄是可能降臨在我身上的最悲慘的命運。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Whatever might befall now, he must on to his journey's end.
- 現在他已是無論如何非到巴黎不可了.
來自英漢文學 - 雙城記
- 5. Heaven only knew what disasters would befall him then.
- 那么一來,有什么不幸會發生,只有天知道了.
來自辭典例句