befall
verb- something befalls somebody
(of something unpleasant )令人不快的事 to happen to somebody 降临到(某人)头上;发生在(某人)身上 Oxford Collocations DictionaryBefall is used with these nouns as the subject:- disaster
- fate
- misfortune
- …
Word OriginOld English befeallan ‘to fall’ (early use being mainly figurative); related to German befallen.