befell
[bɪ'fel]
v.
降临到(某人)头上,发生( befall的过去式 );
降临,发生,落到;
例句:
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I know not wherefore it befell.
我不知道为什么变成这个样子.
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One day a good fortune befell him.
一天之间,他就时来运转.
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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。
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This week, this last fate befell the Government's Justice and Security Bill.
来自THETIMES
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Minor but incredible disasters, often involving new vocabulary words, befell them daily.
来自NEWYORKER
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On this point, I cannot agree more with BEFELL on the extreme gullability of mankind.
来自SA