核心畫面

You can think of 'visit' as the act of going somewhere on purpose, spending some time there, and then leaving again — you don't move in, you arrive, you stay a while, you go. The place might be a person, a town, a clinic, or a website; the shape is always the same: a temporary, intentional stop.

可以想成「特地去一個地方、待上一段時間、然後再離開」這個動作。你不是搬進去長住,而是「到訪—停留—離開」這樣一趟。對更多收起可以想成「特地去一個地方、待上一段時間、然後再離開」這個動作。你不是搬進去長住,而是「到訪—停留—離開」這樣一趟。對象可以是人、城市、診所,甚至一個網站,但畫面始終一樣:一次有目的、有來有去的暫時停留。

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去探訪、待一段時間(動詞)

這一群都是「人特地前往某處停留一陣子」的動詞用法,從最日常的去玩、去看人,一路延伸到工作上的視察、看醫生、上網站,差別只在去的目的和對象不同。

visit (for pleasure) · verb · A1

To make a trip to a place or a person and spend some time there, often for pleasure.

拜訪 / 去玩

一次到訪、一場停留(名詞)

把上面那個「去探訪」的動作整個包成一件事、一次事件,就成了名詞:不是「去」這個動作本身,而是「那一趟」「那一次」。

a visit (occasion of visiting) · noun · A1

An occasion when you go to see a person or place and spend time there.

拜訪 / 造訪

原始詞典資料10 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

visitverb/ˈvɪzɪt/

  • 1

    To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)

  • 2

    To go and meet (a person) as an act of friendliness or sociability.

    • She decided to visit her grandparents for Christmas.
  • 3

    Of God: to appear to (someone) to comfort, bless, or chastise or punish them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)

    • [God] hath visited and redeemed his people.
    • Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the Lord had visited his people in giving them bread.
  • 4

    archaicTo punish, to inflict harm upon (someone or something).

    • Her life was spared by the clemency of the emperor, but he visited the pomp and treasures of her palace.
  • 5

    Of a sickness, misfortune etc.: to afflict (someone).

    • There used to be a sharp contest as to where the effigy was to be made, for the people thought that the house from which it was carried forth would not be visited with death that year.
  • 6

    To inflict punishment, vengeance for (an offense) on or upon someone.

    • 05-032 was right about one thing: there is only one way to defeat the enemy, and that is to visit utter annihilation on it.
    • If this were an Ibsen play, we would be thinking of the sins of one generation being visited upon another, he said.
  • 7

    To go to (a shrine, temple etc.) for worship. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)

  • 8

    To go to (a place) for pleasure, on an errand, etc.

    • Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.
    • Each year, millions of people visit the 4,570-meter-high Baishui Glacier in southern China.

visitnoun/ˈvɪzɪt/

  • 1

    A single act of visiting.

    • Next time you're in Manchester, give me a visit.
    • We paid a quick visit to James on the way up to Scotland.
  • 2

    businessinsurancemedicineA meeting with a doctor at their surgery or the doctor's at one's home.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。