单词	befall
释义	befallbe‧fall /bɪˈfɔːl $ -ˈfɒːl/ verb (past tense befell /-ˈfel/, past participle befallen /-ˈfɔːlən $ -ˈfɒː-/) [transitive] literary Verb Table VERB TABLE befall Simple Form Present I, you, we, they befall he, she, it befalls Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they befell Present perfect I, you, we, they have befallen he, she, it has befallen Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had befallen Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will befall Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have befallen Continuous Form Present I am befalling he, she, it is befalling you, we, they are befalling Past I, he, she, it was befalling you, we, they were befalling Present perfect I, you, we, they have been befalling he, she, it has been befalling Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been befalling Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be befalling Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been befalling Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES A similar crisis could befall the nation's banks. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Despite the economic disaster that had befallen his country in the decade he had held power, he was confident of victory. For his own good she frequently reminded him of the horrors and deprivations that would befall him there. He clings to power largely because his Sunni-dominated army is afraid of the revenge that would befall it if he fell. I shared the joke, wondering just what fate might befall me later in the morning. In addressing his case, Simpson says Fuhrman is a critical link to the misery that has befallen him. Ishmael, worried for fear some evil has befallen Queequeg, rushes to the landlady and asks for a key. Now another misfortune befell the invaders. The changes that befall us along the way are just the various experiences that we encounter on our journey. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a fate befalls somebody formal (=someone suffers a particular fate)· I wondered what fate would befall me. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► disaster · Thieves, war and other disasters may befall you.· Audiences continued to respond to the warnings of the disaster which would befall were this rule not respected.· But today, after the disaster that has befallen a very traditional Labour strategy, things may change.· Despite the economic disaster that had befallen his country in the decade he had held power, he was confident of victory.· But I hardly like to tell you about the disaster that befell Angela within the next few minutes.· The disaster befalling him was huge. ► fate · Thankfully this fate has not befallen a splendid exponent of rabbinical humour, Rabbi Lionel Blue.· A worse fate has befallen the general interest, mass circulation magazines, once the dominant national media.· As we drew near and I watched 747 after 747 climbing laboriously into the clouds, I wondered what fate befell me.· Ward envied them their ignorance of the fate that had befallen the city they had helped found.· A similar fate befell other proposals over the following years.· This time I knew what fate was about to befall me.· An even more tragic fate befell many who, amid the crazed stampede, were able to get out of the fort.· Our wheat and our maize have experienced the same fate that befell our apples and pears. if something unpleasant or dangerous befalls you, it happens to you:  We prayed that no harm should befall them.
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