- 1.
正式 (官员正式的)访问；视察 - 2.
文 天祸；天罚 -
• visitations of plague 瘟疫的多次降临 - 3.
非正式 (惹人讨厌的)长期逗留；久坐 - 4.
[V-] 圣母访问节(7月2日)
用法说明
visitation, visit
visitation较visit正式得多，多指公事方面的视察、巡视或教士的探视；另外它还可指上天的惩罚，天降的灾祸或赐福。例如：The clergyman made a visitation of the sick as part of his duties. 牧师出于职责对病人进行了探视。
The villagers thought that the storm was a visitation of God. 村民们认为这场暴风雨是上帝对他们的惩罚。