A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
降临
Befall
Submit to the present evil, lest a greater one befall you.
你们要顺服今世的祸患,恐怕有更大的祸患临到你们。
Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.
很少有什么不幸能比有一个真正慈爱的母亲所带来的更坏的后果降临到一个男孩身上。
I've become a professional failure - in order to pay the mortgage I have to remain unemployed. Luckily, a disaster always seems to befall me at exactly the right moment.
我成了一个职业失败者——为了还房贷,我不得不继续失业。幸运的是,灾难似乎总是在正确的时间降临到我身上。