新聞美語 每日一字 Befall

Fox News的新聞報導中：
Spate of political violence "befalls" conservatives shortly after Biden's anti-GA speech.
在拜登的反GA演講後不久，保守派就發生了一連串的政治暴力。

"Befall"動詞的中文譯解就是"降臨"，通常都是指"壞事"發生。動詞的時式是：befall、befell、befallen。
"Befall"的英文正解：(of something bad) happen to someone。

"Befall"的例句：A tragedy "befell" his daughter.
悲劇降臨在他的女兒身上。
The drought was only one of many hardships to "befall" the small country.
乾旱只是這個小國面臨的眾多困難之一。

"Befall"的同義字有：arise、come up、crop (up)、materialize、spring (up)。

"Befall"是老式或文學上表達偶發事情的用語。
When something "befalls" you, it's like bad luck falling on you.
當某事降臨，就好像厄運降臨在你身上一樣。