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call1 /kɔːl $ kɒːl/ S1 W1 verb

1 telephone 电话TELEPHONE [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to telephone someone （给…）打电话

She calls her father every couple of days.

她隔几天就给她爸爸打个电话。

I’ll call you soon.

我马上打电话给你。

What time did Tony call?

托尼是什么时候来电话的？

call a doctor/the police/a cab etc (=telephone someone and ask them to come to you) 打电话叫医生/警察/出租车等

I think we should call a doctor.

我觉得我们应该打电话叫医生来。

I’m gonna call the cops!

我要打电话叫警察了！

5Don’t say ‘call to someone’. Say call someone.

不要说 ‘call to someone’. 而要说 call someone.

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n Grammar

You call someone on the phone:

Call me tomorrow.

✗Don’t say: Call to me tomorrow.

If you call to someone, you shout at them to get their attention:

He called to the driver to stop.

2 describe 描述CALL/DESCRIBE AS [transitiveT] to use a word or name to describe someone or something in a particular way 认为…是，把…叫作

call somebody something

Are you calling me a liar?

你在说我撒谎吗？

You may call it harmless fun, but I call it pornography.

你可能会说这是无恶意的小玩笑，但是我却认为这是色情。

call somebody names (=use insulting names for someone) 辱骂某人

The other kids used to call me names, but I tried to ignore them.

别的小孩过去常常辱骂我，但我尽量不去理睬他们。

3 have a name 名叫 [transitiveT]NAME OF A PERSON to have a particular name or title, or use a particular name or title for someone or something 名叫，叫作；把…唤作

be called something

Our son is called Matthew.

我们的儿子叫马修。

The arrow that appears on the screen is called a cursor.

屏幕上出现的箭头叫光标。

call somebody something

My name’s Virginia, but my friends call me Ginny.

我的名字叫弗吉尼娅，但朋友们都叫我金尼。

Do you want to be called Miss or Ms?

你愿意被称为小姐还是女士？

call somebody by something

I prefer to be called by my middle name.

我更喜欢别人叫我的中间名。

4 give SB/STH a name 给某人/某物取名NAME OF A PERSONNAME OF A THING [transitiveT] especially British EnglishBrE to give someone or something the name they will be known by in the future 给…取名 SYN American English name

What are you going to call the new puppy?

你们打算给这只刚出生的小狗起个什么名字？

call somebody something

They’ve decided to call the baby Louise.

他们决定给宝宝取名为路易斯。

5 ASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO somethingask/order by speaking 呼唤/召唤 [transitiveT] to ask or order someone to come to you 召唤，呼唤

6 arrange 安排ARRANGE A MEETING, EVENT ETC [transitiveT] to arrange for something to happen at a particular time 安排，召集

7 say/shout 说/喊叫 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]SAY/STATE to say or shout something loudly so that someone can hear you 喊，叫

8 call yourself something CALL/DESCRIBE ASto say that you are a particular type of person, although you do nothing to show this is true 自称为…，把自己说成是…

Examples from the Corpus

call yourself something• He calls himself a Christian, but he's not very nice to strangers.

9 call the shots/tune informalIN CHARGE OF to be in a position of authority so that you can give orders and make decisions 发号施令

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call the shots/tune• But chaps who try chat-up lines of their own get the boot-because she likes to call the shots.• Does not the divine drama seem to suggest that the Devil is calling the tune?• Strug, the Houstonian with powerful floor and vault routines, may benefit from having Karolyi calling the shots.• Traditionally, Tucson Water officials have also been allowed to call the shots.• Now, those calling the shots for the company began to realize that the whole damn case was getting too risky.• Watching outsiders call the shots is not easy.• You young girls can call the tune nowadays.• It was the businessmen, not the lords, who called the tune when the industrial system began.

10 call it a day informalSTOP DOING something to decide to stop working, especially because you have done enough or you are tired 结束一天的工作，到此为止

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call it a day• Come on, guys, let's call it a day.• So he agreed to call it a day.• Look, we're all tired - let's call it a day.• We realized we weren't going to get the job finished, so we decided to call it a day.• But yesterday he announced he was calling it a day.• By 1 p.m. we had another forty-five sheep on deck and decided to call it a day.• It's time I called it a day.• It would do this twice more and then call it a day.• Mishak and Malaika call it a day.• He decided to call it a day after doctors told him he had lost the other testicle.• Time to call it a day, ladies.

11. call collect American EnglishAmETCT to make a telephone call that is paid for by the person who receives it 打对方付费电话 SYN British English reverse the charges

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call collect• He has been calling collect on the telephone, begging her to visit.

12 read names 点名 [transitiveT] (also call out)SHOUT to read names or numbers in a loud voice in order to get someone’s attention 点〔名〕

13 court 法庭 [transitiveT]TELL to tell someone that they must answer questions in a law court or in front of an official committee 传唤，传召〔到法庭或官方委员会〕

14 call (something) into question UNCERTAINto make people uncertain about whether something is right, good, or true 使（对某事）产生疑问

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call (something) into question• And while the injunctions are subject to unwitting acceptance, it is impossible to call them into question.• Nothing that has happened since has called that judgment into question.

15 be/feel called to do something RELIGIONto feel strongly that you should do something 感到有责任做某事

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be/feel called to do something• We are praying that very ordinary people will be called to a very special task.• Responsibility refers to the liability of a person to be called to account for his/her actions and results.• How many more outrageous examples of excess in political fund raising and spending do they need to be called to action?• But the most controversial is expected to be called to the witness stand.• Paul and his helpers were called to be missionaries for Jesus Christ.• The general meeting of the shareholders of the target company may be called to decide upon defence measures.• Sandy felt called to do missionary work.• He said that the police would be called to investigate Dempsey and he would be out of a job.• Father really felt he was called to preach by God.• Why, then, should lawyers be called to task for protecting the rights of the accused under the Constitution?• Back then, people believed they were called to the ministry.• Managers who live in the hotel usually have regular work schedules, but they may be called to work at any time.

16. call somebody/something to order formalTCOBEY to tell people to obey the rules of a formal meeting 命令某人/某事遵守会议规程

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call somebody/something to order• I now call this meeting to order.• Having had the bloody debris removed, he called the cast to order and began work.• The new Senate president banged down the gavel and called the chamber to order with a strong firm voice.

17 visit 拜访 [intransitiveI] (also call round British EnglishBrE)VISIT to stop at a house or other place for a short time to see someone or do something 〔短时间〕拜访，看望

18 call it £10/two hours etc spokenAGREE used to suggest a general figure rather than a more specific one, especially in order to make things simpler 就算作 10 英镑/两小时等

19. call it a draw if two opponents in a game call it a draw, they agree that neither of them has won 打成平局，不分胜负 → call it quits at quits(2)

20. call it/things even spoken use this to say that someone who owes you something does not have to give you anything more than they have already given you 不必再给了；就算了结了

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call it/things even• Since you bought the movie tickets and I bought dinner, let's just call it even.

21 call (somebody’s) attention to ATTENTION

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call (somebody’s) attention to• It called attention to a need for safeguards of the rights of prisoners, disabled people, women and immigrant workers.• And Feinstein, 62, has been aggressive in calling media attention to her bipartisanship.• But despite these signs of success Hansen won't take full credit, calling attention to his brother, Steve.• President Clinton called attention to the broader issues with his veto of the balanced budget act.• For our purposes, I call special attention to the chapters on structural configurations.• Stephen Scobie has called attention to the sheer excess with which Leonard adorns his pages.• Above all, the Fourth International calls attention to the turn in the pattern of the world revolution.• This book is in-tended largely to call attention to this opportunity and to point to the consensus for action that already exists.

22 call something to mind

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call something to mind• Fresno and Modesto are cities that call to mind the words "hot" and "dry."• Can you call to mind when you last saw her?

23. call a huddle ARRANGE A MEETING, EVENT ETC American EnglishAmE informal to make people come together to talk about something 让大家聚在一起讨论

24. call time (on somebody/something) to say that it is time for something to finish or stop 宣布（某人该把某事/某事）结束

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call time (on somebody/something)• This is called time-dating.• Survey calls time on fears Government concerns that the 1988 Licensing Act would encourage greater consumption of alcohol have been proved unfounded.• It is tempting, then, to call time on G8 summits.• Read in studio Britain's most exclusive clockmaker is about to call time on his business - because of the recession.• Washington State called time out, then had three chances from inside 10 feet but could not convert.• Besides the unlimited license to overcharge, the prosecutor has a crowbar called time to hold over your head.

25 trains/ships 火车/船TRAINS [intransitiveI]TTT if a train, ship, bus etc calls at a place, it stops there for a short time 〔火车、船、公共汽车等〕短暂停留 SYN stop

26 coin 硬币GAMES/SPORTS [intransitiveI, transitiveT]DS to guess which side of a coin will land upwards when it is thrown in the air, in order to decide who will play first in a game 猜硬币〔决定先后次序〕

27. card game 纸牌游戏 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to risk the same amount of money as the player who plays before you in a poker game 跟（同样的赌注）

→ so-called, → call somebody’s bluff at bluff2(2), → too close to call at close2(8)

n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 1: to telephone someone （给…）打电话

call for + NOUN

call for an end to something

Demonstrators have called for an end to the fighting.

call for somebody’s resignation

Opposition parties called for the president’s resignation.

call for action

The European Parliament have called for action on age discrimination.

call for a ban

French farmers have called for a ban on imports.

call for a boycott

In 1980 he called for a boycott of the Olympic Games.

call for a change

Scientists are calling for a change in the law.

call for an inquiry/investigation

Relatives have called for an inquiry into the causes of the plane crash.

call for a return to something

The prime minister called for a return to traditional Labour values.

call for reform

The Church has called for reform of the law.

call for the abolition of something

Human Rights groups have called for the abolition of the death penalty.

call for a ceasefire (=for an end to a war)

The United Nations called for an immediate ceasefire.

PHRASAL VERBS

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call• "Coming, Mom, " I called.• The three packages used in this example are called A-CONFORMOLINES, E-VALUES and F-MAP.• His secretary started calling around to find out where the commission was meeting.• Can you call Becky before six?• Guidebooks call Chicago "The Windy City".• This use is a form of spending; in business it is called depreciation.• A meeting has been called for 3 p.m. Wednesday.• I'll call for a taxi now.• The transition to democracy and market economies will call for much patience and persistence.• Though Republicans called for the president to fire him, Brown refused to step down.• The back page has a strip called Haggis, which is about a black highland terrier and his adventures.• "She's a fraud." "I wouldn't call her that."• Already his followers were calling him a saint.• His name's actually Robert, but everyone just calls him Bob.• "OK, call it." "Heads."• My mother wanted to call me Yuri.• A similar service is offered via e-mail by a company called Mercury Mail.• Do you want to be called Miss or Ms.?• I called round to see if anyone knew where Tom was.• I called Sue yesterday.• People wishing to enroll in the study should request a referral from their doctors or call the nearest participating hospital.• Get out of here or I'll call the police!• Patty called when you were out.• Mr. Sweeney called while you were out.• Didn't you hear me calling you?• "I'll call your dollar - what have you got?" "Three nines."• OK, when I call your name, raise your hand.

call somebody names• He tried to make Oliver cry by hitting him, pulling his hair, and calling him names.• He went out and confronted him, calling him names.• "She said I was a fat pig.'' "Oh, I've been called far worse names than that.''

be called something• They live in this little town called Leroy, not far from Reed City.• What was that movie called again?

call a meeting/strike/election etc• If I had let it go, it would have been called a strike.• Prime Minister Paul Keating must call an election before May this year, with mid-March the most likely time.• The truth is bland: Mr Major will call an election if the opinion polls suggest he can not lose.• He expected his successor to call elections in the autumn.• Roberts called a meeting of the Town Council and he and Cross asked the police to start an investigation.• He opened the sixth inning with a breaking ball for a called strike to Greg Gagne.• Soon after Jeffries' speech the Africana Studies Movement called a meeting to protest his ouster.

call ... name• But the day 1 remember is when Neil finally opened his eyes when I called his name.• It was one of those things you know, when you get called names.• Jess, though, is openly bawling even before the announcer calls her name.• She knew that there was no point in jumping up and running after him; no use in calling out his name.• She recognized Telemachus instantly from his likeness to his father and she called him by name.• We may think we see the dead person walking down the street, or hear them calling our name.• He calls us by name, and his relationship to each one of us fits our own person uniquely.

call somebody to do something• I've been called to testify at Smith's trial.

call (in) at something• In addition to their regular schedules, chief executives are on call at all hours to handle emergencies.• Holman was on call at any time although they had found no trace of the fog for two days now.• He called in at home after.• Before we had received a reply, Fitzroy Maclean chanced to call at my office.• Winston called at six to tell me he would be here for sure.• O all now call at the 15 meter-deep port, some with fully-loaded next-generation vessels.• The 49ers screwed up a penalty call at the end of the fourth quarter.

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call2 S1 W1 noun

1 TELEPHONEtelephone 电话 [countableC] when you speak to someone on the telephone （一次）通话；电话

2 be on call WORK/DO WORKif someone such as a doctor or engineer is on call, they are ready to go and help whenever they are needed as part of their job 〔医生、工程师等〕待命，随叫随到

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be on call• Doctor Lalor won't be at the surgery this afternoon, but she's on call until midnight.• If the machine breaks down at any time, there's always a technician on call.• She's on call at the hospital every other night.• There are four physiotherapists on call at the sports injury clinic.• Resident managers live in hotels and are on call 24 hours a day.• The employees are on call seven days a week, 24 hours a day to respond to emergencies.• In addition to their regular schedules, chief executives are on call at all hours to handle emergencies.• Construction managers must be on call to deal with emergencies.• A federation representative is on call 24 hours a day by mobile phone.• She was on call to open and shut the gates at any hour, in any weather.• The tour director usually stays in the hotel with the group, to be on call if anything should go wrong.• He assumed that a porter or janitor was usually stationed there to be on call or to answer enquiries.• Arrange things so that there is always some one in the building who is on call for machine problems.• As a doctor, you will be on call regularly at weekends.

3 SHOUT/CRYshout/cry 叫/喊 [countableC]

4 visit 拜访 [countableC]VISIT a visit, especially for a particular reason 〔尤指有原因的〕短暂拜访

5 request/order 请求/命令 [countableC]ORDER/SEQUENCE a request or order for something or for someone to do something 号召，呼吁

6 DECISIONdecision 决定

7 there isn’t much call for something NEEDused for saying that not many people want a particular thing 某物没有需求，没有多少人需要某物

Examples from the Corpus

there isn’t much call for something• There isn't much call for typewriters since computers got easier to use.

8 there is no call for something spokenBAD BEHAVIOUR OR ACTIONS used to tell someone that their behaviour is wrong and unnecessary 没有理由做某事，没必要做某事

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there is no call for something• There was no call for him to do that.• Where there is no call for a continued food market, market buildings have proved highly adaptable.

9 TTAat an airport 在机场PLANE [countableC] a message announced at an airport that a particular plane will soon leave 登机广播

10 have first call on something

11 the call of something literaryATTRACT the power that a place or way of life has to attract someone 某事物的吸引力[召唤]

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the call of something• the call of the sea• Old Rottweilers may need to be let out more frequently to answer the call of nature, but for shorter periods.• Out of which great religious or philosophical tradition does the call of compassion come to you?• Even here, she can not escape the call of fame.• Sometimes you hear them in the call of the curlew across the vast open moor.• Hearing once more the call of destiny, Teclis volunteered to go to the aid of mankind.• In our first reading we hear of the call of Samuel.• With its ability to sound the call of slave revolt across the miles, it was simply too dangerous to exist.• We respond to the call of work with long hours.

12. the call of nature HBHa need to urinate (=pass liquid from your body) – used especially humorously 要小便〔尤为幽默用法〕

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the call of nature• Old Rottweilers may need to be let out more frequently to answer the call of nature, but for shorter periods.• It was the call of nature.

→ be at somebody’s beck and call at beck(1), → port of call , roll-call , wake-up call

COLLOCATIONS

verbs

make a call 打电话

He made a few calls and then went out.

他打了几个电话就出去了。

give somebody a call (=phone someone) 打电话给某人

I’ll give him a call later today.

今天晚点我会给他打电话。

get/have a call (also receive a call formal) 接到电话

At 11 in the evening we got a call from the police.

晚上11点钟，我们接到警方打来的电话。

there is/was a call 有电话

There was a phone call for you.

刚才有个找你的电话。

answer a call 接听电话

We’re sorry that we cannot answer your call right now.

对不起，我们现在无法接听您的来电。

take a call (=answer one) 接听电话

Monica took the call upstairs.

莫妮卡在楼上接了电话。

return somebody’s call (=call someone after they have tried to call you) 回某人的电话

nI left a message for her but she didn’t return my call.

nexpect a call

She’s expecting a phone call from Matt.

transfer a call (=connect one to another person’s phone) 转接某人的电话

nThe call was transferred to his secretary.

put through a call (=transfer or make one) 接通电话

nShe asked the switchboard to put the call through.

ADJECTIVES/NOUN + call

a phone/telephone call 电话

I had a phone call from Barbara in Australia.

我接到芭芭拉从澳大利亚打来的电话。

a quick call 简短的电话

This is just a quick call to make sure you’re OK.

我只是给你打个简短的电话，问问你好不好。

a local call 本地电话

Local calls are free at weekends.

本地电话周末免费。

a long-distance call 长途电话

nI’d like to make a long-distance call.

an international call 国际电话

a collect call American EnglishAmE (=one paid for by the person who receives it) 对方付费电话

nCan I make a collect call to Florida, please?

incoming/outgoing calls (=coming into or going out of a place) 打进/拨出的电话

nYou have to dial 9 first to make an outgoing call.

an emergency call (=to the police, fire service, or ambulance service) 紧急电话

nThe police normally respond immediately to an emergency call.

a hoax call (=one intended to trick someone) 恶作剧电话

nThey received a hoax call warning of a bomb in the building.

an anonymous call (=in which the caller does not give their name) 匿名电话

nThe £10,000 demand was made in an anonymous call to his home.

na crank call (=made by someone you do not know, as a joke or to annoy you)

The heavy breathing sounded like a crank call.

Examples from the Corpus

call• He remained calm, made a call and forked out $ 700 of his own money for a plane ticket.• a call for help• Taking a long-distance call still causes a certain turbulence here.• Ambulances try to arrive within eight minutes of an emergency call.• This is the last call for flight 372 to Atlanta.• Have there been many calls?• Phone call from Education Office, re. dinner money summary sheets.• Investigators responded to the two locations after they received calls of suspicious packages in the mail.• Weiss has failed to return calls seeking comment.• When you play at your opponent's court, the calls tend to go against you.• This is an unobtrusive way of keeping expensive unofficial calls to the minimum.• As a result, there are fewer circuits open for regular voice calls.

call for• Leaders in both parties are calling for changes in campaign finance laws.• Amnesty International has consistently called for the release of political prisoners.• The Times crossword calls for a certain amount of literary knowledge.• Launching a new product is a highly complicated business, and careful planning is called for.• It was a tricky situation that called for a lot of diplomacy.• I hear that you two are getting married. This calls for a celebration.• The Football Association is likely to call for a ban on alcohol at football games.

call of• the distinctive call of the hyena

pay/make a call (on somebody)• He remained calm, made a call and forked out $ 700 of his own money for a plane ticket.• She offered me a number I could ring in Chicago to make a claim for making a call to Chicago.• A job seeker used that tactic when he made a call to Miller recently.• But one winter evening, Charles Henstock paid a call upon his friend Harold Shoosmith.• And then one night, one bright and starlit night, a true free dragon came by to pay a call.• Having met his hero one evening at a small gathering, he was invited to pay a call the following week.• Another out-of-town visitor paid a call last month.• This will show you just how much you can save on your bill if you make calls out of peak periods.

a call to arms• But Kennan stopped short of a call to arms.• Even after the Czech coup, however, Congress was not willing to respond wholeheartedly to a call to arms.• It was a call to arms for a politics that wishes a farewell to arms.• Poets might construe that as a call to arms against a culture of minute-to-minute rush and bottom lines.• Such a call to arms was, in fact, a necessity for a band in their career situation.• This is widely understood as a call to arms to defend the movement against a takeover by Mr Klaus.

an easy/hard call• Open admissions was an easy call for the Left and the Right; for liberals, it was torment.• For David Smith, the way to use new digital channels was an easy call.• Inside the Vatican, it was an easy call.• Politically, that was an easy call for the Likud Party leader.

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