befall

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v. 降临(于)

发音

UK /bɪˈfɔːl/
US /bɪˈfɔl/
US /bɪˈfɑl/

词形变化

befalls 复数 befalls befallen befalleth befalling befalls 三单 befell befalling 现在分词 befell 过去式 befallen 过去式 befallen 过去分词

别名

befal

教材释义与例句

动词

降临；发生

动词

降临

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Case; instance; circumstance; event; incident; accident.

    He said "I would advise people to cultivate frugal habits. I will not commit the crime of making them helpless by saying that they have no responsibility whatever in the befall of calamities like old age, illness, accident, etc. …"

v.
  1. 1.

    To fall upon; fall all over; overtake.

    及物

    At dusk an unusual calm befalls the wetlands.

  2. 2.

    To happen.

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To happen to.

    及物

    Temptation befell me.

  4. 4.

    To fall.

    不及物 废旧

    With a thought I tooke for Maudline & a cruse of cockle pottage. with a thing thus tall, skie blesse you all: I befell into this dotage.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 3

happen betide bechance

上位词 9

happen pass occur goon hap come about fall out take place pass off

近义相关 1

happen

词源

From Middle English bifallen, from Old English befeallan, from Proto-West Germanic *bifallan, from Proto-Germanic *bifallaną; equivalent to be- + fall.

来源：wiktionary