v.降临到(某人)头上,发生( befall的过去式 ),降临,发生,落到
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。
I know not wherefore it befell.
我不知道为什么变成这个样子.
One day a good fortune befell him.
一天之间,他就时来运转.