| 词组 | visit upon |
| 释义 | Phr V visit upon visits, visiting, visited visit sth on/upon sb/sth formal to cause damage or something very harmful to a person or placeusually passiveDeath and destruction are daily visited on civilians caught in the war. ! visit upon is more formal than visit on visit on and is mostly used in writing visit sth on/upon sb/sth usually passive formal to cause something very unpleasant or harmful to happen to someone or something: Newspapers described the terrible suffering that was being visited on the people. Look at the devastation that has been visited on our schools by the lack of sufficient funds.■ SIMILAR TO: inflict formal (redirected from visit upon) visit (something) upon (one)To cause or force one to undergo or experience some punishment, misfortune, or burden. Often used in passive constructions. The financial crash visited utter ruin upon the economies of countries around the world. The villagers believed a curse had been visited upon them by a traveler who had passed through a week prior. |
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