visit
call on
drop in【导航词义:访问】
visit v. 拜访,访问
〔辨析〕指看望某人,也指浏览因特网的网站。
〔例证〕
How often does he visit his grandparents?
他多久去看望祖父母一次?
Over 600 people visit their website every month.
每个月有600多人访问他们的网站。
call on phr. v. 短暂访问
〔辨析〕指短暂地拜访或看望某人。
〔例证〕
I will call on you when I am in town.
我到城里之后会去看你。
Let's call on Susan. She just gave birth to a boy.
苏珊刚生了个儿子,我们去看看她吧。
drop v. 顺便造访,临时拜访
〔辨析〕指拜访相识的人,通常未事先约定好时间,常后接副词 by/in 或介词 into。
〔例证〕
She just dropped by to see how her son was getting on.
她只是顺道来看看儿子过得怎么样。
She dropped by my office this morning to tell me that she was getting married.
她今天上午顺道来我办公室告诉我她要结婚了。
Why not drop in for a coffee someday?
你哪天过来喝杯咖啡怎么样?