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🔑callcall1 /kɔl / verb ➤telephone电话- [intransitive, transitive] to telephone someone（给某人）打电话◆Who's calling, please?请问是哪位？◆Thank you for calling.谢谢你打来电话。◆I'll call you tomorrow.我明天给你打电话。◆We're right in the middle of dinner. Can I call you back later?我们正在吃饭，我过会儿给你回电话好吗？
➤name / describe命名；描述- [transitive] call sb / sth sth to name or describe a person or thing in a particular way以…方式称呼；以…方式形容◆My name is Elizabeth, but my friends call me Liz.我叫伊丽莎白，但朋友们都叫我莉兹。◆Can you really call this picture “art”?这幅画真的能称之为“艺术”吗？◆It was mean to call her fat.说她胖不太厚道。◆Are you calling me a liar?你说我撒谎？
➤order someone to come召唤某人- [transitive] to order or ask someone to come to a certain place召唤；叫（某人过来）◆Can you call everyone in for lunch?你叫大家进来吃午饭好吗？◆The president called his advisers to the White House.总统把他的顾问召到白宫。◆He's unconscious – call an ambulance!他昏过去了，快叫救护车！
➤meeting / strike, etc.会议、罢工等- [transitive] to arrange for something to take place at a particular time召集；举行◆to call a meeting / an election / a strike召集会议；举行选举；号召罢工
➤shout喊叫- [intransitive, transitive] call (out) to sb | call (sth) (out) to say something loudly or to shout in order to attract attention大声喊叫，大声说（以吸引注意）◆“Hello, is anyone there?” she called.“喂，有人吗？”她喊道。◆I could hear a voice calling for help.我听到了呼救声。◆If I call out your name, please step forward.如果我点到你的名，请站出来。
 ●bring sth to sb's attention●call / draw sb's attention to sthto make someone aware of something使某人注意到某事●be calledto have a particular name名字是；取名为◆This type of apple is called “Golden Delicious.”这种苹果被称作“金美味”。◆What was that town called?那个镇以前叫什么？●call it a day (informal) to decide to stop doing something收工；告一段落；到此为止◆Let's call it a day. I'm exhausted.咱们就到此为止吧，我累坏了。●call sb namesto use insulting words about someone辱骂；谩骂●call it quits (informal) to decide to stop doing something叫停；喊停◆We finally called it quits when it started raining.我们终于在开始下雨时叫停。  ●call for sthto demand or need something要求；需要◆Critics of the senator are calling for his resignation.批评者要求该参议员辞职。◆This calls for a celebration!这得庆祝一下！◆His nasty comment was not called for (= there was no need for it).他那么刻薄的评论一点也没必要。●call into telephone a place, especially the place where you work（尤指往工作单位）打电话◆Several people have called in sick today.今天好几个人打来电话请病假。●call sb into ask someone to come and help you叫来，召来（帮忙）◆I can't figure out what's wrong with the copier – we'd better call in the technician.我不清楚复印机出了什么毛病，我们最好把技术员叫来。●call sth offto cancel something取消◆The baseball game was called off because of rain.棒球赛因雨取消了。●call sb outto ask someone to come, especially to an emergency召唤某人（尤指处理紧急情况）◆The police were called out to control the riot.警察被召来控制骚乱。●call sb up- to telephone someone给某人打电话◆She called me up to tell me the good news.她打电话告诉我这个好消息。
- to order the army, etc. to go somewhere and work, fight, etc.调动（军队等）◆Twenty National Guard units have been called up to help fight the forest fires.二十个国民警卫队分队被调来帮助扑灭森林大火。
●call sth upto look at something that is stored in a computer调出（电脑储存的资料）◆The bank teller can call up your balance on screen.银行出纳员能在电脑屏幕上调出你的账户余额。
🔑callcall2 /kɔl / noun ➤on telephone电话- ( ˈphone call) [countable] an act of telephoning or a conversation on the telephone打电话；通话◆Were there any calls for me while I was out?我不在时有电话找我吗？◆I'll give you a call this weekend.我这周末会给你打电话。◆The manager is on line 2. Will you take the call?经理在 2 号线，你接一下好吗？◆to make a local / long-distance call 打本地／长途电话
➤loud sound响亮的声音- [countable] a loud sound that is made to attract attention; a shout（唤起注意的）叫声，喊声◆a call for help呼救声◆That bird's call is easy to recognize.那种鸟的叫声很容易识别。
➤visit拜访- [countable] a short visit, especially to the house or business of a customer（尤指到顾客家里或公司里）短暂拜访；上门服务◆Doctors used to make house calls when people were sick.过去医生会到病人家中出诊。◆I'm sorry, but the technician is out on a call right now.抱歉，技术员现在外出服务去了。
➤request / demand请求；要求- [countable] a request or demand for something请求；要求；呼吁◆There have been calls for the president to resign.一直有呼声要求总裁辞职。
➤need需要- [countable, uncountable] call for sth a need for something需要；必要◆The doctor said there was no call for concern.医生说不必担心。
➤decision决定- [countable] a decision; the right to decide something决定；决定权◆I don't mind Chinese or Italian food for dinner; it's your call.晚饭吃中餐还是意大利菜我都无所谓，你来决定吧。
●a close call / shavea bad thing that almost happened侥幸脱险；侥幸躲过◆I wasn't hurt, but it was a pretty close call.我没受伤，但也够险的。●(be) on call(to be) ready to work if necessary随叫随到；待命◆Dr. Young will be on call this weekend.杨医生本周末值勤，随时候诊。 |