visitation

名词 visitation:

1. an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event
   同义词：trial, tribulation
2. any disaster or catastrophe
3. an official visit for inspection or supervision

1. We had sundry visitations from the Tax Inspector.
   税务检查员常来我们这里，不胜其烦。
2. The famine was a visitation of God for their sins.
   那次饥荒算是上帝对他们罪孽的惩罚。
3. The peasants thought that the storm was a visitation.
   农民们认为这场暴风雨是上帝对人们的惩罚。

vis.i.ta.tion

n.（名词）
The act or an instance of visiting or an instance of being visited:
访问：拜访的行为或例子或被拜访的例子：
例句：
rules governing visitation at a prison.
探监规则

An official visit for the purpose of inspection or examination, as of a bishop to a diocese.
视察，巡视：以视察或检查为目的官方性察看，如主教对一主教管区的视察
The right of a parent to visit a child as specified in a divorce or separation order.
探视权：在父母离婚或分开后其中一方对其孩子所拥有的探望权利

A visit of punishment or affliction or of comfort and blessing regarded as being ordained by God.
天罚，天赐：被认为由上帝降临的惩罚、折磨、安慰和祝福
A calamitous event or experience; a grave misfortune.See Synonyms at trial
苦难：灾难性的事件或经历；重大的不幸参见 trial
The appearance or arrival of a supernatural being.
下凡：超自然生灵的出现或到来
Visitation Roman Catholic Church
Visitation 【罗马天主教】
The visit of the Virgin Mary to her cousin Elizabeth.
圣母往见：圣母玛丽亚对她堂亲伊丽莎白的看望
July 2, observed in commemoration of this event.
圣母访问节：7月2日，即这一事件的纪念日

【引伸】
vis.ita.tional
adj.（形容词）