visitation

英 [ˌvɪzɪ'teɪʃn] 美 [ˌvɪzɪ'teɪʃn]

• n. 访问；视察；探视；苦难；天罚

英英释义

Noun:

1. an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event;

   "his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"
   "life is full of tribulations"
   "a visitation of the plague"
   

2. any disaster or catastrophe;

   "a visitation of the plague"
   

3. an official visit for inspection or supervision;

   "the commissioner made visitations to all the precinct stations"
   "the recent visitation of the bishop to his diocese"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. You should come in through the door to the visitation room.
   你应当从通往来访室的门进来。
2. We had sundry visitations from the Tax Inspector.
   税务检查员常来我们这里，不胜其烦。
3. Visitation rules stipulate that conjugals are only for married couples.
   探视规则规定只有结婚的夫妻才能享受同居权。
4. The famine was a visitation of God for their sins.
   那次饥荒算是上帝对他们罪孽的惩罚。
5. The peasants thought that the storm was a visitation.
   农民们认为这场暴风雨是上帝对人们的惩罚。

经典引文

• Despite increases in visitation.., the park service has kept the wilderness intact.

  出自：Backpacker

词汇搭配

• visitation of Providence 天灾
• the visitation 圣母马利亚对以利沙伯...

近反义词

【近义词】

• visit 拜访
• examination 考查
• inspection 视察
• check 检查
• checkup 审查
• punishment 惩罚
• pest 害虫
• curse 诅咒
• calamity 灾难
• blight 枯萎病
• catastrophe 大灾难
• disaster 灾难
• benefit 利益
• blessing 祝福
• trial 审讯
• tribulation 苦难