
visitation
词源
源自拉丁语 'visitatio',由 'visere'(查看、访问)和名词后缀 '-tion' 构成,14世纪通过古法语进入英语。
noun
❶ 正式或官方的访问,通常指重要人物或机构的到访,带有视察或检查的性质。
“The president's visitation to the disaster area brought hope to the victims.”
(总统对灾区的视察给受害者带来了希望。)
“The school received a visitation from the education inspector.”
(学校接受了教育督察员的视察。)
❶ 指超自然的显现或神灵的降临,常用于宗教或神秘语境中。
“The nun claimed to have had a visitation from the Virgin Mary.”
(修女声称圣母玛利亚曾向她显现。)
“The ancient texts describe visitations by angels to the prophets.”
(古代文献描述了天使向先知显现的情景。)
常见短语
visitation rights — 法律术语,指离婚或分居后父母对子女的探视权,或囚犯接受探访的权利。
“The court granted the father weekend visitation rights with his children.”
(法院授予父亲周末探视子女的权利。)
visitation hours — 指医院、监狱等场所规定的允许访客进入探视的具体时间段。
“Please note that the hospital's visitation hours are from 2 PM to 6 PM.”
(请注意医院的探视时间是下午2点至6点。)