Word · Frequency #18660
visitations
视察；巡视；正式访问
visitations is the plural of visitation.
an official visit for inspection or supervision
- 1.
The act of visiting, or an instance of being visited.
访问的行为,或被访问的事例。
- 2.
An official visit to inspect or examine something.
对某物进行视察或检查的正式访问。
- 3.
An encounter with aliens or supernatural beings such as ghosts.
与外星人或幽灵等超自然生物的相遇。
- 4.
An affliction or disaster attributed to destiny, or to God.
归因于命运或上帝的痛苦或灾难。
- 5.
The right of a separated or divorced parent to visit a child; access.
分居或离婚父母探望子女的权利；探视权。
- 6.
A punishment or blessing ordained by God.
上帝所定的惩罚或祝福。
- 7.
An unusual and extensive irruption of a species of animals into another region.
某种动物异常且大规模涌入另一地区的现象。
灾难；灾祸；访问的行为,或被访问的事例。；对某物进行视察或检查的正式访问。；与外星人或幽灵等超自然生物的相遇。；归因于命运或上帝的痛苦或灾难。
In use
The annual visitation by the safety officer took place last Tuesday.
During the visitation, the principal showed the inspectors around the new building.
A formal visitation is required before the bank can renew its license.
a visitation of [calamity]
此用法中的 of 后接具体灾祸，如瘟疫、饥荒等，表示灾难或灾祸降临。
The town suffered a visitation of cholera that year.
那一年，这个小镇遭受了一场霍乱之灾。
a visitation from [person or institution]
from 后接进行视察或访问的人或机构，强调来访者，常指正式的官方到访。
The office prepared for a visitation from the ministry officials.
办公室为部委官员的视察作了准备。
a visitation to [place]
to 后接被访问的地点，语气较正式，多用于官方或公务访问。
Connections
Collocations
- visitation rights
- 探望权
- After the divorce, the mother was granted visitation rights.离婚后，母亲获得了探望权。
- visitation schedule
- 探视安排
- The family court approved their visitation schedule.家事法庭批准了他们的探视安排。
- visitation hours
- 探视时间
- Visitation hours at the prison are from nine to eleven in the morning.监狱的探视时间是上午九点到十一点。
- official visitation
- 正式视察；官方巡视
- An official visitation of the hospital will take place next week.下周将对这家医院进行正式视察。
Synonyms
- inspection
- 检查；视察 · inspection 侧重“检查/核查”，不强调“上门拜访”；visitation 强调正式的上门巡视。在“对机构进行监督视察”的场合可互换，但日常普通“检查”不能用 visitation。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 visitation 拆成 visit（拜访）+ ation，记成“正式的拜访/视察”；再联想“灾祸来访”也是 visitation，一正一负两个意思都记住了。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：official inspections and supervisory visits、literary writing about disasters or catastrophes visitation 通常比较正式，多用于官方视察或正式访问；在文学或较庄重的语境中也可指灾祸、天罚。日常口语中更常说 visit。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words except station end in -itation and rhyme with visitation (/-ɪˈteɪʃən/); station rhymes with the final /-ˈteɪʃən/ too. Watch out for lookalikes like visit /ˈvɪzɪt/, visitor /ˈvɪzɪtər/, and vision /ˈvɪʒən/, which do not rhyme.
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