visit
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they visit | |
he / she / it visits | |
past simple visited | |
past participle visited | |
-ing form visiting |
- [transitive] visit somebody/something
to go to see a person or a place for a period of time 访问;拜访;看望;参观 My parents are coming to visit me next week. 我父母下周要来看我。 to visit friends/family 拜访朋友/家人 It looks like a lovely place to visit. 它看起来是一个值得参观的可爱地方。 to visit a country/city/town 参观一个国家/城市/城镇 to visit a museum/shrine 参观博物馆/神社 to visit a hospital/an office 参观医院/办公室 to visit a home/house 参观一所房子 She went to visit relatives in Wales. 她去威尔士看望亲戚了。 The Prime Minister is visiting Japan at the moment. 首相目前正在访问日本。 You should visit your dentist at least twice a year. 你应该每年至少去看两次牙科医生。 This is an area rarely visited by Europeans. 这是一个欧洲人很少去的地区。 I first visited New York in 1991. 我第一次去纽约是在1991年。 He is planning to visit China later this month. 他计划本月晚些时候访问中国。 The best time to visit is during the winter dry season. 参观的最佳时间是在冬季旱季。
Extra ExamplesA million people are expected to visit the museum over the next 12 months. 预计在未来的 12 个月中将有 100 万人参观这家博物馆。 We've just been to visit my grandparents. 我们刚刚去看望了我的祖父母。 Be sure to visit us next time you're in London. 下次你来伦敦一定要来看我们。 I visited her in hospital. 我到医院去看望她。 Jason invited us to visit his ranch. 杰森邀请我们去参观他的农场。 Next time you visit the States you'll have to come and see us. 下次来美国你一定要来看我们。 She's gone to visit her mother in Texas. 她去德克萨斯州看望她母亲了。 The President will be visiting six European capitals. 总统将出访欧洲六国首都。 The shops are a major reason for visiting the city. 商店是参观这座城市的主要原因。 The president recently visited Athens. 总统最近访问了雅典。 She regularly visits the cemetery to tend the grave of her son. 她定期去墓地照料她儿子的坟墓。
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computing )计算机 to go to a website on the internet Topics Phones, email and the interneta1访问(互联网上的网站) Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- frequently
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to stay somewhere for a short time (短暂地)作客,逗留 We don't live here. We're just visiting. 我们不住在这里,只作短期停留。 - visit something
Ships visit the island occasionally. 船只偶尔会访问该岛。 The lake is also visited by seals in the summer. 夏天也有海豹游到这湖里来。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- frequently
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to make an official visit to somebody, for example to perform checks or give advice 视察;巡视 Government inspectors are visiting schools in the area. 政府检查员正在视察该地区的学校。 Council officers will be visiting premises to inspect safety arrangements. 议会官员将视察房舍,检查安全安排。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- frequently
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Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French visiter or Latin visitare ‘go to see’, frequentative of visare ‘to view’, from videre ‘to see’.