visitation

[.vizi'teiʃən]

n.访问, 视察, 探视, 苦难,天罚

例句与用法：

We had sundry visitations from the Tax Inspector.

税务检查员常来我们这里，不胜其烦。

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。

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。

词形变化：

形容词: visitational |

详细释义：

n.[C]

1. 访问; 探望; 探视[(+by/of)]

2. 视察, 巡视[(+by/of)]

3. (视为上帝的)惩罚; 灾祸, 苦难[(+of)]

The villagers thought that the storm was a visitation of God.

村民们认为这场风暴是上帝对他们的惩罚。

4. 【口】逗留过久的访问[(+from)]