英语词汇“befall”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

be·fall

(bĭ-fôl)

v. be·fell (-fĕl), be·fall·en (-fôlən), be·fall·ing, be·falls

v.intr.

To come to pass; happen: What is the worst that may befall?

v.tr.

1. Used with the impersonal subject it and a following clause to indicate the occurrence of a usually unexpected or chance event: "It befell that, an hour before the appointed time, she was sent for by a neighbor who had been taken ill" (Henry James).

2. To happen to: What befell the ship? See Synonyms at happen.

[Middle English bifallen, from Old English befeallan, to fall.]

单词	befall
释义	be·fall (bĭ-fôl) v. be·fell (-fĕl), be·fall·en (-fôlən), be·fall·ing, be·falls v.intr. To come to pass; happen: What is the worst that may befall? v.tr. 1. Used with the impersonal subject it and a following clause to indicate the occurrence of a usually unexpected or chance event: "It befell that, an hour before the appointed time, she was sent for by a neighbor who had been taken ill" (Henry James). 2. To happen to: What befell the ship? See Synonyms at happen. [Middle English bifallen, from Old English befeallan, to fall.]
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