1.
visit
: to go and spend time with
someone, especially in their home
拜訪
例:
I visit my grandparents at least once a
month.
(我看望祖父母,每個(gè)月至少去一次。)
Paul visited her every day when she was in
hospital.
(她住院期間,保羅每天都去看她。)
We won't be that far away—you'll be able to
come and visit.
(我們住得也不是那么遠(yuǎn),你還是可以來我們家。)
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2.
go to see/go and see
: to visit
someone
看望
備注:
''go to
see/go and see''
常用于口語中。
In everyday English, people often say that
they ''come/go to see'' someone, rather than ''visit'' them.
(日常英語中,表示“去看望某人”時(shí),
''come/go to see''
比
''visit''
更常用。)
例:
He's gone to Scotland to see his family.
(他打算去蘇格蘭看望家里人。)
I'm going to see my brother and his family
tomorrow.
(我明天要去我哥哥家看望他們一家人。)
Better go and see your father tonight.
(你最好今晚就去看看你爸。)
Why don't you go and see your mother?
(你為什么不去看看你媽?)
go see
(備注:
''go see''
常用于美式英語的口語中。)
You really should go see Mattie some time.
(你真該找個(gè)時(shí)間去看看馬蒂。)
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3.
go over/go around/go round
: to
visit someone at their house, especially if they live close to you
去某人家里拜訪(尤其指住的近的人家)
例:
I saw your Mum today, and I promised that
we'd go round later.
(我今天看見你媽了,我說我們稍后一起去她家看她。)
go over/go around/go round to
Let's get a bottle of wine and go over to
Simon's place.
(我們買瓶酒去西蒙家看他吧。)
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4.
come over/come around/come round
:
if someone comes over or comes round , they visit you at your house, especially
if they live close to you
(某人)來你家看你(尤其指住的近的人)
例:
I'll come over at about 7 o'clock.
(我七點(diǎn)左右到你家來。)
Why don't you come round later and we'll
discuss it over dinner?
(你要不回頭來我家,我們吃飯時(shí)邊吃邊談。)
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5.
pay a visit
: to visit someone,
especially for a particular reason
因某事而拜訪某人
例:
pay a visit to somebody
Your hand looks very swollen. I think you
should pay a visit to the doctor.
(你的手腫的很厲害,我覺得你最好去看看醫(yī)生。)
pay somebody a visit
Isn't it time you paid your mother a visit?
(你到時(shí)間要去看望你媽了吧?)
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6.
look up
: to visit someone that
you have not seen for a long time, while you are spending some time in the area
where they live
到某地時(shí)拜訪住在當(dāng)?shù)?、久未謀面的朋友
例:
look somebody up
I'll give you my address so you can look me
up whenever you're in London.
(我給你我的地址,你將來哪天來倫敦,就可以來我家看我。)
Don't forget to look me up when you come to
Atlanta.
(來亞特蘭大時(shí)別忘了來我家看我。)
look up somebody
I looked up a few old friends while I was
in Birmingham.
(我在伯明翰的時(shí)候,去看了一些老朋友。)
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7.
descend on/upon
: if a lot of
people, especially members of your family, descend on you, all of them suddenly
visit you at the same time and may not be welcome
(主人并不歡迎的情況下)一群人突然造訪
例:
Sorry for just descending on you like this,
Pam—we had nowhere else to stay.
(帕姆,不好意思這樣貿(mào)然來訪,我們無處可去了才來的。)
The following week all my family descended
upon me.
(第二周我全家人都到我家來了。)
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