VISIT1 to visit a person2 to visit someone for a short time3 to visit a place as a tourist4 to visit a place as part of your official duties5 to visit a person or place on the way to somewhere else6 someone who visits someone else7 an occasion when someone visits a place or personRELATED WORDSsee alsoTRAVELHOLIDAY/VACATIONSTAY (4-8)1 to visit a person 看望某人visit /ˈvɪzɪt, ˈvɪzət/ [intransitive/transitive verb]to go and spend time with someone, especially in their home 看望，探望 I visit my grandparents at least once a month. 我至少每月去看祖父母一次。 Paul visited her every day when she was in hospital. 她住院的时候，保罗每天去看她。 We won't be that far away - you'll be able to come and visit. 我们不会搬得很远，你们可以来看我们的。go to see/go and see /ˌgəʊ tə ˈsiː, ˌgəʊ ən ˈsiː/ [verb phrase]spokento visit someone 【口】去看〔某人〕 I'm going to see my brother and his family tomorrow. 明天我要去看我弟弟一家。 Better go and see your father tonight. 最好今晚去看你父亲。 Why don't you go and see your mother? 你为什么不去看妈妈？go seeAmerican spoken You really should go see Mattie some time. 你真该找个时间去看看马蒂。go over/go around/go round /ˌgəʊ ˈəʊvəʳ, ˌgəʊ əˈraʊnd, ˌgəʊ ˈraʊnd/ [intransitive phrasal verb]to visit someone at their house, especially if they live close to you 走访〔尤指去看望住在附近的某人〕 I saw your Mum today, and I promised that we'd go round later. 今天我见到你妈妈，我答应我们稍后再去看她。go over/go around/go round to Let's get a bottle of wine and go over to Simon's place. 我们拿瓶酒，到西蒙家去吧。come over/come around/come round /ˌkʌm ˈəʊvəʳ, ˌkʌm əˈraʊnd, ˌkʌm ˈraʊnd/ [intransitive phrasal verb]if someonecomes over orcomes round, they visit you at your house, especially if they live close to you 〔尤指住在附近的某人〕来访 I'll come over at about 7 o'clock, 我7点钟左右过来。 Why don't you come round later and we'll discuss it over dinner? 你等会儿过来，我们吃晚饭的时候谈谈这事好吗？pay a visit /ˌpeɪ ə ˈvɪzt/ [verb phrase]to visit someone, especially for a particular reason 看望，拜访〔尤指为了某原因〕pay a visit to somebody Your hand looks very swollen, I think you should pay a visit to the doctor. 你的手看上去非常肿，我认为你应该去看一下医生。pay somebody a visit Isn't it time you paid your mother a visit? 现在你是不是该去看看你母亲？look up /ˌlʊk ˈʌp/ [transitive phrasal verb]to visit someone that you have not seen for a long time, while you are spending some time in the area where they live 看望，拜访〔久没见面而居住在你所到之地的某人〕look somebody up I'll give you my address so you can look me up whenever you're in London. 我会把我的地址给你，那么你无论什么时候到伦敦都可以来看我。look up somebody I looked up a few old friends while I was in Birmingham. 我去伯明翰的时候看望了几个老朋友。descend on/upon /dɪˈsend ɒn, əˌpɒn/ [transitive phrasal verb]if a lot of people, especially members of your family,descend on you, all of them suddenly visit you at the same time 〔尤家人〕突然访问，突然造访 Sorry for just descending on you like this, Pam -- we had nowhere else to stay. 帕姆，很抱歉这样突然就来了—我们没别的地方可住。 The following week all my family descended upon me. 接下来的一周里，家里人都突然来看我。2 to visit someone for a short time 短时间拜访某人call on/call in on /ˈkɔːl ɒn, ˌkɔːl ˈɪn ɒn/ [transitive phrasal verb]especially Britishto visit someone for a short time 【尤英】〔短时间〕访问，拜访，探望 Why don't you call on Matt on your way back from work and see how he is? 你下班回家路上去看一下马特，看看他现在怎样了，好吗？ One of our salesmen would be delighted to call in on you in your own home. 我们的推销员会很乐意登门拜访。drop in/drop by /ˌdrɒp ˈɪn, ˌdrɒp ˈbaɪǁˌdrɑːp-/ [intransitive phrasal verb]especially spokento visit someone for a short time, especially when they are not expecting you 【尤口】看望〔尤指对方没有料到的时候〕 Lizzie said she'd drop in later to let us know what the arrangements are for tonight. 莉齐说她晚些时候会来一次，告诉我们今晚的安排。 Kate dropped by this morning. 凯特今天上午来过了。drop in to see somebody I'll drop in to see you later. 稍后我去看你。pop in /ˌpɒp ˈɪnǁpɑːp-/ [intransitive phrasal verb]British informalto visit someone for a very short time 【英，非正式】〔很短时间地〕探访，匆匆来访 I might be able to pop in for about half an hour. 我或许可以来坐半小时左右。 Just pop by when you've got a minute and I'll show you our holiday photographs. 你有空的时候就过来一下，我给你看我们度假的照片。pop in to see somebody I popped in to see Keith on my way home. 回家路上我去看了基思。call round/call in /ˌkɔːl ˈraʊnd, ˌkɔːl ˈɪn/ [intransitive phrasal verb]Britishto visit someone who lives near you for a short time 【英】〔短时间〕拜访，看望〔住在附近的人〕 Fred calls round sometimes on his way to the sports centre. 弗雷德在去体育中心的路上有时会过来看看。 I'll call in tomorrow then, Mum. 那我明天来看你，妈妈。3 to visit a place as a tourist 到某地旅游visit /ˈvɪzɪt, ˈvɪzət/ [transitive verb] Every year thousands of tourists visit Turkey. 每年有成千上万名游客到土耳其游览。 We spent the day visiting temples and other historic buildings. 我们白天参观了寺庙以及其他历史建筑。pay a visit /ˌpeɪ ə ˈvɪzt/ [verb phrase]to visit a place, especially because you are near it 访问，参观〔附近的某个地方〕 We were near Edinburgh, so we decided to pay a visit. 我们在爱丁堡附近，于是决定去看看。pay a visit to We paid a quick visit to New York before flying home. 坐飞机回家之前，我们在纽约短暂停留。go to see/go and seealsogo seeAmerican spoken /ˌgəʊ tə ˈsiː, ˌgəʊ ən ˈsiː , ˌgəʊ ˈsiː/ [verb phrase]to visit a well-known place or building while you are in a city or country 去参观，去看看〔著名的地点或建筑〕 If you're in Paris, you must go to see the Pompidou Centre. 你要是到了巴黎，一定要去参观蓬皮杜中心。 Let's go and see the cathedral. 我们去看大教堂吧。 Why don't we go see the Statue of Liberty? 我们为什么不去看自由女神像呢？see the sights /ˌsiː ðə ˈsaɪts/ [verb phrase]to visit a city or country and look at the famous and interesting places there 游览名胜风景，观光 I wanted to look round Moscow and see the sights. 我想在莫斯科参观游览一番。see the sights of We're going on a bus tour today, to see the sights of Copenhagen. 今天我们要坐车游览哥本哈根的风景名胜。sightseeing /ˈsaɪtˌsiːɪŋ/ [uncountable noun]the activity of visiting and travelling around a place to look at the famous and interesting places there 观光，游览 After an afternoon's sightseeing we were all exhausted. 游览观光了一个下午，我们都筋疲力尽了。 We spent the days sightseeing and the evenings sitting in cosy bars drinking the local wine. 我们白天游览观光，晚上坐在舒适的酒吧里喝当地产的葡萄酒。go sightseeing Why don't we go sightseeing tomorrow? 明天我们为什么不去游览一番呢？do /duː/ [transitive verb not in passive]spokento visit a particular famous place while you are on holiday 【口】参观，游览 I think we ought to do St Paul's while we're in London. 我想我们到了伦敦应该去圣保罗大教堂看看。 We did the Eiffel Tower yesterday. 昨天我们去了埃菲尔铁塔。4 to visit a place as part of your official duties 作为职责访问某地visit /ˈvɪzɪt, ˈvɪzət/ [intransitive/transitive verb not in passive] The Ambassador last visited Hong Kong in 1982. 大使上次访问香港是在1982年。 This afternoon the Queen will visit Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital. 今天下午，女王将视察大奥蒙德街儿童医院。 A police officer will be visiting next week to give the children a talk on crime prevention. 一位警官下周会来给孩子讲讲如何预防犯罪。visiting [adjective only before noun] We all had to attend a reception for some visiting dignitaries. 我们都得参加一个为一些达官贵人举行的招待会。5 to visit a person or place on the way to somewhere else 去某地的路上拜访某人或参观某地stop byalsostop inAmerican /ˌstɒp ˈbaɪ, ˌstɒp ˈɪnǁˌstɑːp-/ [intransitive phrasal verb]to visit a person for a short time while you are on your way to somewhere else 顺路拜访 I just stopped in to say goodbye before I go on vacation. 我就过来和你说声再见，我要去度假了。 Stop by for a drink on your way home from work. 下班回家的路上你顺便来喝一杯吧。look in on /ˌlʊk ˈɪn ɒn/ [transitive phrasal verb]to make a short visit to someone, while you are on your way somewhere, especially if they are ill or need help 顺路看望〔尤指生病或需要帮助的人〕 I promised to look in on Dad and see if he's feeling better. 我答应顺便去看望爸爸，看他是不是好些了。 Tom will look in on you later to see if you need anything. 稍后汤姆会顺路来看看你是否需要什么。call inBritish/come byAmerican /ˌkɔːl ˈɪn, ˌkʌm ˈbaɪ/ [intransitive phrasal verb]to visit a person or place for a short time while you are on your way to somewhere else 顺路拜访 Why don't you call in on your way up north? 往北去的时候何不顺路过来呢? Come by on Saturday and we'll have a drink together. 周六顺路过来，我们一起喝一杯。call in on somebody I called in on Sally yesterday. 昨天我顺路去看望了萨莉。stop off /ˌstɒp ˈɒfǁˌstɑːp-/ [intransitive phrasal verb]to make a short visit to a place during a journey 〔在旅行时〕中途过访，中途逗留 We'll stop off and see you on our way back. 我们回来的时候顺路来看你。stop off in/at He stopped off in Paris for a couple of days. 他顺路在巴黎停留了几天。stop over /ˌstɒp ˈəʊvəʳǁˌstɑːp-/ [intransitive phrasal verb]to visit somewhere for a short time during a long journey, especially a plane flight 中途停留〔尤指在乘飞机时〕stop over in The flight to Australia takes 28 hours but we stop over in Singapore for a night. 去澳大利亚的飞机航程是28小时，但我们中途会在新加坡停留一晚。stopover /ˈstɒpəʊvəʳǁˈstɑːp-/ [countable noun] The journey includes a two-day stopover in Miami before flying on to Mexico. 旅程包括在迈阿密逗留两天，然后再飞往墨西哥。6 someone who visits someone else 作访问的人visitor /ˈvɪzɪtəʳ, ˈvɪzətəʳ/ [countable noun] We have nowhere for visitors to sleep at the moment as the spare room is being decorated. 目前客房正在装修，所以我们没有地方给客人入住。 Colette offered her visitor a glass of wine. 科莉特给来客倒了杯酒。 I've been asked to show some important visitors round the department. 我被要求带一些重要的访客参观一下这个部门。guest /gest/ [countable noun]someone who you have invited to visit you at your home 〔被邀请到家中的〕客人 You're not supposed to do the dishes -- you're a guest. 你不应该洗碗一你是客人。 Among the guests was the television presenter Jo Everton. 客人中有一位是电视节目主持人乔·埃弗顿。 She felt she had to stay in and entertain her guests. 她觉得自己得留在家里招待客人。have a guest We had a couple of guests for the weekend. 周末我们这儿来了几个客人。caller /ˈkɔːləʳ/ [countable noun]especially Britishsomeone who you do not know who visits you at home for a short time 【尤英】〔不认识而来家里的〕来访者 I don't seem to have many callers these days. 最近来访的陌生人似乎不多。 When answering the door, always check the identity of callers. 去开门时一定要问清楚来访者的身份。have company/visitors/guests /hæv ˈkʌmpəni, ˈvɪztəʳz, ˈgests/ [verb phrase]if youhave company,visitors etc someone is visiting you in your home 〔家里〕有客人 I didn't realise you had company, I'll call back tomorrow. 我不知道你有客人，我明天再打电话来。 There's a surprise waiting for you at home - we have unexpected guests. 家里有惊喜等着你，我们有意想不到的客人。7 an occasion when someone visits a place or person 访问visit /ˈvɪzɪt, ˈvɪzət/ [countable noun] We're all looking forward to your visit. 我们都盼望着你的到来。visit from The girls were quite excited because they were expecting a visit from their parents. 女孩们非常兴奋，因为她们正期待着父母来看望她们。visit to The Senator's visit to the Military Academy at Andover was a great success. 参议员对安多弗军事学院的访问极为成功。make/pay a visit tovisit a person or place 访问 The president will make a brief visit to Britain before returning home. 总统回国前将到英国进行简短的访问。！ The Queen will pay a state visit to China later this year. 今年晚些时候，女王将对中国进行国事访问。flying visit /ˌflaɪ-ɪŋ ˈvɪzt/ [countable noun]a very short visit, made especially when you are on your way to another place and you do not have much time 〔尤指顺路的〕短暂逗留；闪电式访问 I'm afraid this is only a flying visit - we have to get to the station by three. 恐怕这次我们只能匆匆到访——我们3点之前要赶到车站。make a flying visit to We're making a flying visit to Monte Carlo on our way back. 回程时我们将在蒙特卡洛短暂停留。