visitation

来自visit,神灵显现，巡查，引申词义上帝惩罚人类的天灾，灾祸。后也指离婚后父母的探视权。

visitation (n.)

c. 1300, "a visit by an ecclesiastical representative to examine the condition of a parish, abbey, etc.," from Anglo-French visitacioun, Old French visitacion and directly from Latin visitationem (nominative visitatio), noun of action from past participle stem of visitare (see visit (v.)). The supernatural sense of "a sight, apparition, a coming of God to a mortal" is attested from mid-14c.

1. I had visitation rights.

我有探视权。

2. They had another visitation from Essex police.

埃塞克斯的警察再次拜访了他们。

3. She is seeking more liberal visitation with her daughter.

她正在寻求对女儿更自由的探视权。

4. House-to-house visitation has been carried on, under the regulations of the General Board of Health.

根据卫生委员会的规定，挨家挨户的探访持续进行了下去。

5. The villagers thought that the storm was a visitation of God.

村民们认为这场风暴是上帝对他们的惩罚.