call
- v.呼叫;（通过广播）呼叫（飞机乘客登机）;叫（牌）;（给…）打电话;把…叫做;认为…是;点（名），从（清单上）读出;（短暂地）访问;召唤，呼唤;安排，召集;命令，召（至某处）;跟（同样的赌注）;称呼;给…命名;预测（政治、商业形势等）;批评，辱骂; 传唤，传召（到法庭或官方委员会）;传唤，传审;把…看作;（尤指方形舞中）喊出（舞步）;啼，鸣叫;大声呼叫，大声说（以吸引注意力）;把自己称为;自诩;抛硬币说正反面，猜硬币;授予…头衔;下令举行;（火车、船、公共汽车等）短暂停留/停靠 ;打电话叫医生/警察/出租车等
- n.呼吁;要求;打电话;通话;请求;（用乐器声示意人们做某事的）信号;决定，（尤指二选一的）抉择;召唤;（对某人或某事物的）需求，压力;(禽、兽的)叫声;（裁判员的）判决;（某地或某事物的）吸引力，诱惑力;强烈愿望，（尤指对事业的）冲动;叫牌;(唤起注意的)喊声;使命感;登机广播;需要时间（钱或注意力）的事情;短暂拜访
callverb
命名 give name
给…命名；称呼；把…叫做
to give sb/sth a particular name; to use a particular name or title when you are talking to sb
They decided to call the baby Mark.
他们决定给婴儿取名马克。
His name's Hiroshi but everyone calls him Hiro.
他名叫广志，但人们都称他广。
What do they call that new fabric?
他们把那种新织品叫做什么？
They called their first daughter after her grandmother.
他们给大女儿取了祖母的名字。
We call each other by our first names here.
我们这儿彼此直呼其名。
看作 describe
认为…是；把…看作
to describe sb/sth in a particular way; to consider sb/sth to be sth
I wouldn't call German an easy language.
我并不认为德语是一门容易学的语言。
Are you calling me a liar?
你是说我撒谎？
He was in the front room, or the lounge or whatever you want to call it.
他当时在客厅，或者说是在起居室，或者在叫什么都行的房间里。
Would you call it blue or green?
你认为它是蓝色还是绿色？
I make it ten pounds forty-three you owe me. Let's call it ten pounds.
我算下来你欠我十英镑四十三便士。就算作十英镑吧。
把自己称为；自诩
to claim that you are a particular type of person, especially when other people question whether this is true
Call yourself a friend? So why won't you help me, then?
你说你够朋友？够朋友怎么不肯帮我？
She's no right to call herself a feminist.
她无权以女权主义者身份自居。
喊叫 shout
大声呼叫，大声说（以吸引注意力）
to shout or say sth loudly to attract sb's attention
I thought I heard somebody calling.
我仿佛听见有人在呼喊。
She called out to her father for help.
她向父亲大声呼救。
Did somebody call my name?
有人叫我的名字吗？
He called out a warning from the kitchen.
他在厨房里大声发出警告。
‘See you later!’ she called.
“再见！”她叫道。
召唤；呼唤
to ask sb to come by shouting or speaking loudly
Will you call the kids in for lunch?
把孩子们叫进来吃午饭好吗？
Did you call?
你叫我？
电话 telephone
打电话叫
to ask sb/sth to come quickly to a particular place by telephoning
to call the fire department/the police/a doctor/an ambulance
打电话叫消防队 / 警察 / 医生 / 救护车
The doctor has been called to an urgent case.
医生接到电话去看急症。
I'll call a taxi for you.
我来打电话给你叫辆出租车。
I'll call you a taxi.
我来打电话给你叫辆出租车。
（给…）打电话
to telephone sb
I'll call again later.
我过会儿再打电话来。
I called the office to tell them I'd be late.
我给办公室打电话说我可能晚到一会儿。
My brother called me from Spain last night.
我弟弟昨晚从西班牙给我打电话来了。
召见 order sb to come
命令，召（至某处）
to order sb to come to a place
Several candidates were called for a second interview.
几个候选人被通知去参加第二次面试。
The ambassador was called back to London by the prime minister.
大使被首相召回伦敦。
He felt called to the priesthood (= had a strong feeling that he must become a priest) .
他感受到要成为司铎的召唤。
拜访 visit
（短暂地）访问
to make a short visit to a person or place
Let's call on John.
咱们去看看约翰吧。
I'll call round and see you on my way home.
我想在回家的路上去看看你。
He was out when I called to see him.
我去拜访时，他不在家。
集会、罢工等 meeting/strike, etc.
下令举行；宣布进行
to order sth to happen; to announce that sth will happen
to call a meeting/an election/a strike
举行会议 / 选举 / 罢工
禽；兽 of bird/animal
啼；鸣；叫
to make the cry that is typical for it
比赛 in games
抛硬币说正反面
to say which side of a coin you think will face upwards after it is thrown
to call heads/tails
要硬币的正面 / 反面
to tell sb to do what they are threatening to do, because you believe that they will not be cruel or brave enough to do it
to make use of sth
国际象棋是一项需要全神贯注的活动。
Chess is a game that calls into play all your powers of concentration.
to doubt sth or make others doubt sth
他的诚实从未受到过怀疑。
His honesty has never been called into question.
to decide or agree to stop doing sth
从政四十年，我想现在也该退休了。
After forty years in politics I think it's time for me to call it a day (= to retire) .
to use insulting words about sb
to be the person who controls a situation
to say exactly what you think without trying to hide your opinion
to say or decide that it is time for sth to finish
to make sb explain a mistake, etc. because they are responsible for it
to ask people in a meeting to be quiet so that the meeting can start or continue
called to see sb in authority because you have done sth wrong
我因为迟到被叫去剋了一顿。
I got called on the carpet for being late.
the person who provides the money for sth can also control how it is spent
used to say that you should not criticize sb for a fault that you have yourself
used instead of a name that you cannot remember
她刚和老——你叫他什么来着——一块出去了。
She's just gone out with old what-d'you-call-him.
停靠；（短时间）停留
to stop at a place for a short time
This train calls at Didcot and Reading.
这趟列车在迪德科特和雷丁停车。
叫走；把…叫到别处去
to ask sb to stop what they are doing and to go somewhere else
She was called away from the meeting to take an urgent phone call.
她被叫出会场去接一个紧急电话。
再打电话；回电话
to telephone sb again or to telephone sb who telephoned you earlier
She said she'd call back.
她说她会再打电话来。
I'm waiting for someone to call me back with a price.
我在等人回电话报价。
（去）接
to collect sb in order to go somewhere
I'll call for you at 7 o'clock.
我7点钟去接你。
引起；使产生
to produce a particular reaction
His speech called forth an angry response.
他的发言引起了一阵愤怒。
打电话来（工作单位等）
to telephone a place, especially the place where you work
Several people have called in sick today.
今天有几个人打电话请病假。
召来，叫来（服务）
to ask for the services of sb
to call in a doctor/the police
请医生 / 叫警察来
下令收回；要求退回
to order or ask for the return of sth
Cars with serious faults have been called in by the manufacturers.
有严重缺陷的汽车已被制造商召回。
把（人）叫走（不再搜查等）；把（狗）叫开（不让它咬人等）
to order a dog or a person to stop attacking, searching, etc.
取消；停止进行
to cancel sth; to decide that sth will not happen
to call off a deal/trip/strike
取消交易 / 旅行 / 罢工
They have called off their engagement (= decided not to get married) .
他们已经解除婚约。
The game was called off because of bad weather.
比赛因天气恶劣被取消。
noun
电话 on telephone
打电话；通话
the act of speaking to sb on the telephone
to get/have/receive a call from sb
接到某人的电话
to give sb/to make a call
给某人打电话
Were there any calls for me while I was out?
我不在时有电话找我吗？
I'll take (= answer) the call upstairs.
我要上楼接电话。
I left a message but he didn't return my call .
我留了口信，但他没有回电话。
a local call
本地电话
a long-distance call
长途电话
响亮的声音 loud sound
（禽、兽的）叫声；（唤起注意的）喊声
a loud sound made by a bird or an animal, or by a person to attract attention
the distinctive call of the cuckoo
布谷鸟独特的叫声
a call for help
呼救声
拜访 visit
短暂拜访
a short visit to sb's house
The doctor has five calls to make this morning.
医生今天上午要出诊五次。
to pay a call on an old friend
拜访一位老朋友
请求；要求 request/demand
要求；请求；呼吁
a request, an order or a demand for sb to do sth or to go somewhere
calls for the minister to resign
要部长辞职的要求
calls for national unity
国家统一的呼声
This is the last call for passengers travelling on British Airways flight 199 to Rome.
乘坐英国航空公司199次班机飞往罗马的乘客，这是最后一次通知登机。
a call to arms (= a strong request to fight in the army, etc.)
战斗号召
没有需要；没有理由（做…）
no demand for sth; no reason for sb's behaviour
There isn't a lot of call for small specialist shops nowadays.
如今对小型专卖店已没有多大需求了。
（对某人或某事物的）需求，压力
a demand or pressure placed on sb/sth
She is a busy woman with many calls on her time.
她是个大忙人，有很多事等着她去办。
地方 of a place
（某地的）吸引力，诱惑力
a strong feeling of attraction that a particular place has for you
the call of the sea/your homeland
大海的 / 家乡的魅力
职业 to a particular job
召唤；呼唤；使命感
a strong feeling that you want to do sth, especially a particular job
决定 decision
决定
a decision
It's your call!
那是你的决定！
a good/bad call
正确的 / 不恰当的决定
That's a tough call.
那是个艰难的决定。
网球 in tennis
（裁判员的）判决
a decision made by the umpire
There was a disputed call in the second set.
第二盘比赛有一个有争议的判决。
纸牌游戏 in card games
叫牌；吊牌
a player's bid or turn to bid
the need to go to the toilet
to be the most important person or thing competing for sb's time, money, etc. and to be dealt with or paid for before other people or things
她的时间总是先花在孩子们身上。
The children always have first call on her time.
available for work if necessary, especially in an emergency
在聚会的晚上我将随时听凭召唤。
I'll be on call the night of the party.
always ready to obey sb's orders
休想随意摆布我。
Don't expect to have me at your beck and call.
a situation in which you only just manage to avoid an accident, etc.
These are all words for ways of expressing yourself in a loud voice, usually in words, in order to show a strong emotion or to attract attention.以上各词均指为表达强烈的感情或引起注意时，通常用言语发出的各种不同的叫嚷。
a loud expression of anger, fear, excitement or pain, etc., usually using words通常指用言语发出的愤怒、害怕、激动、痛苦等的呼喊：
We heard angry shouts coming from the flat below.
我们听到楼下单元房传来愤怒的喊叫。
She gave a shout of joy.
她大声欢呼。
( rather informal ) a loud shout指大喊、喊叫、叫嚷：
a yell of delight
高兴的喊叫
a shout in a loud high voice because of fear, anger or excitement指（因害怕、气愤或激动的）尖叫、大叫
a shout of joy, support or praise, often using the words ‘Hooray!’, ‘Yes!’ or ‘Yeah!’常指hooray、yes或yeah等的欢呼声、喝彩声：
A great cheer went up from the crowd.
群众爆发出一阵热烈的欢呼声。
( rather formal or literary ) a shout指大喊、大叫、呼喊：
Her answer was greeted with cries of outrage.
她的回答引起了一片愤怒的吼叫。
Cry is the most formal of these words and yell is the least formal. A yell may be louder and less controlled than a shout or cry and the words may be less clear. A scream is a very high sound. A cry can also be a loud sound without words. |
a shout to attract attention指唤起注意的喊声：
She could hear calls for help coming from the wreckage.
她听得见废墟里传来的求救声。
call
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VERB 叫;称呼;将…命名;给…起名字
If you call someone or something by a particular name or title, you give them that name or title.I always wanted to call the dog Mufty for some reason...
不知怎么的,我老想把这条狗唤作穆夫提。
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Klein's most important work is called 'Envy and Gratitude'...
克莱因最重要的著作名为《嫉妒与感激》。
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VERB 把…说成;认为…是;将…称为
If you call someone or something a particular thing, you suggest they are that thing or describe them as that thing.The speech was interrupted by members of the Conservative Party, who called him a traitor...
演说被保守党人士打断,他们称他是叛徒。
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VERB 喊;叫；大声说出
If you call something, you say it in a loud voice, because you are trying to attract someone's attention.He could hear the others downstairs in different parts of the house calling his name...
他听到其他人从楼下不同地方喊他的名字。
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VERB 打电话给…;给…打电话
If you call someone, you telephone them.Would you call me as soon as you find out?...
你一弄清楚了就给我打电话好吗?
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VERB (通常指打电话)呼叫,叫,召唤
If you call someone such as a doctor or the police, you ask them to come to you, usually by telephoning them.He screamed for his wife to call an ambulance...
他尖叫着让他老婆打电话叫救护车。
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VERB 喊;呼唤
If you call someone, you ask them to come to you by shouting to them.She called her young son: 'Here, Stephen, come and look at this!'...
她喊她的小儿子:“喂,斯蒂芬,过来看看这个!”
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N-COUNT 打电话
When you make a telephone call, you telephone someone.I made a phone call to the United States to talk to a friend...
我打电话给美国的一个朋友。
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VERB 召集(会议、排练等);宣布举行(选举等)
If someone in authority calls something such as a meeting, rehearsal, or election, they arrange for it to take place at a particular time.The Committee decided to call a meeting of the All India Congress...
委员会决定召开国大党会议。
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VERB 传唤(某人出庭等)
If someone is called before a court or committee, they are ordered to appear there, usually to give evidence.The child waited two hours before she was called to give evidence...
小女孩等了两个小时才被传唤进去作证。
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VERB 短暂停留;访问;拜访
If you call somewhere, you make a short visit there.A market researcher called at the house where he was living...
一位市场调查人员造访了他的住处。
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VERB (火车、公共汽车、船舶)停靠,停留
When a train, bus, or ship calls somewhere, it stops there for a short time to allow people to get on or off.The steamer calls at several ports along the way.
一路上,汽船在好几个港口停靠。
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VERB 取消(比赛等)
To call a game or sporting event means to cancel it, for example because of rain or bad light.The second game of the series had ended in a 3-3 tie after ten innings when the game was called on account of darkness...
系列赛第二场在十局过后,双方战成3比3平，此时由于天黑,比赛取消。
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N-COUNT 号召;呼吁;号令
If there is a call for something, someone demands that it should happen.There have been calls for a new kind of security arrangement...
不少人呼吁出台新的安全措施。
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N-UNCOUNT 需要;需求
If there is little or no call for something, very few people want it to be done or provided.'Have you got just plain chocolate?' — 'No, I'm afraid there's not much call for that.'
“你们有纯巧克力吗?”——“没有,恐怕那东西没几个人要。”
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N-SING 吸引力;魅力
The call of something such as a place is the way it attracts or interests you strongly.You must be feeling exhilarated by the call of the new.
新鲜事物的魅力一定让你兴奋不已。
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N-COUNT (鸟、兽的)叫声
The call of a particular bird or animal is the characteristic sound that it makes....the plaintive call of a whale.
鲸的哀鸣
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PHRASE 优先购买(或使用)权
If you have first call on something, you will be asked before anyone else whether you want to buy or use it.Why should they get first call on the best property?
凭什么最好的房产尽着他们先挑?
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PHRASE 没必要;不该
If you say that there is no call for someone to behave in a particular way, you are criticizing their behaviour, usually because you think it is rude.There was no call for him to single you out from all the others.
这么多人中，他不该专挑你。
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PHRASE 随时待命的;随叫随到的
If someone is on call, they are ready to go to work at any time if they are needed, especially if there is an emergency.In theory I'm on call day and night.
从理论上说,我现在昼夜待命。
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PHRASE 打电话请病假
If you call in sick, you telephone the place where you work to tell them you will not be coming to work because you are ill.'Shouldn't you be at work today?' — 'I called in sick.'
“你今天不是应该上班的吗?”“我打电话请过病假了。”
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to call someone's bluff→ see:bluff
noun
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- the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
- Synonym: call option
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- (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee
- he was ejected for protesting the call
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- a visit in an official or professional capacity
- the pastor's calls on his parishioners
- the salesman's call on a customer
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- a brief social visit
- senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers
- the characters in Henry James' novels are forever paying calls on each other, usually in the parlor of some residence
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- a telephone connection
- she reported several anonymous calls
- he placed a phone call to London
- he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call
- Synonym: phone call telephone call
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- an instruction that interrupts the program being executed
- Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed
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- the characteristic sound produced by a bird
- a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age
- Synonym: birdcall birdsong song
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- a loud utterance;often in protest or opposition
- the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience
- Synonym: cry outcry yell shout vociferation
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- a request
- many calls for Christmas stories
- not many calls for buggywhips
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- a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty"
- Synonym: claim
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- a demand for a show of hands in a card game
- after two raises there was a call
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- a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement
- Synonym: margin call
verb
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- rouse somebody from sleep with a call
- I was called at 5 A.M. this morning
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- consider or regard as being
- I would not call her beautiful
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- challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of
- call the speaker on a question of fact
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- utter in a loud voice or announce
- He called my name
- The auctioneer called the bids
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- order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role
- He was already called 4 times for jury duty
- They called him to active military duty
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- order or request or give a command for
- The unions called a general strike for Sunday
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- lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal
- Call ducks
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- get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
- I tried to call you all night
- Take two aspirin and call me in the morning
- Synonym: telephone call up phone ring
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- order, request, or command to come
- She was called into the director's office
- Call the police!
- Synonym: send for
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- declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee
- call a runner out
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- challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement;charge with or censure for an offense
- He deserves to be called on that
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- require the presentation of for redemption before maturation
- Call a bond
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- utter a sudden loud cry
- she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle
- I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me
- Synonym: shout shout out cry yell scream holler hollo squall
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- make a prediction about;tell in advance
- Call the outcome of an election
- Synonym: predict foretell prognosticate forebode anticipate promise
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- ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality
- He called me a bastard
- She called her children lazy and ungrateful
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- utter a characteristic note or cry
- bluejays called to one another
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- assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
- They named their son David
- The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader
- Synonym: name
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- send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.;make a signal to in order to transmit a message
- Hawaii is calling!
- A transmitter in Samoa was heard calling
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- read aloud to check for omissions or absentees
- Call roll
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- indicate a decision in regard to
- call balls and strikes behind the plate
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- give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance
- Synonym: call off
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- make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
- He called his trump
- Synonym: bid
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- demand payment of (a loan)
- Call a loan
- Synonym: call in
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- call a meeting;invite or command to meet
- The Wannsee Conference was called to discuss the `Final Solution'
- The new dean calls meetings every week
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- pay a brief visit
- The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens
- Synonym: visit call in
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- make a stop in a harbour
- The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow
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- greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name
- He always addresses me with `Sir'
- Call me Mister
- She calls him by first name
- Synonym: address
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- stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather
- call a football game
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He didn 't even have the intelligence to call for an ambulance .
他连呼叫救护车的头脑都没有。
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The constable received a distress call , and saw two youths attacking his colleague .
这名警察收到了求救呼叫，看见两个年轻人正在殴打他的同事。
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I called in at my local on the way home .
我回家途中去了我住处附近的酒吧。
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Call it what you will , it 's still a problem .
不管怎么说，这仍然是个问题。
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There were calls for major changes to the welfare system .
有人要求对福利制度进行重大改革。
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Call me if you have any problems regarding your work .
你如果还有什么工作方面的问题就给我打电话。
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The result is going to be too close to call .
双方实力非常接近，因此结果无法预料。
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Every single time he calls , I 'm out .
他每次打电话来我都不在家。
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It 's been two weeks now since she called .
她到现在已经有两个星期没来电话了。
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It would be a good idea to call before we leave .
我们出发之前打个电话是个好主意。
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He was out when I called to see him .
我去拜访时，他不在家。
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I 'll call back at a more convenient time .
在方便的时候我会回电话的。
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If you have any issues , please call this number .
如有问题，请拨打这个电话号码。
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For more information , call this number .
欲知详情，请拨打此电话号码。
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What is he doing calling at this time of night ?
他干吗这么晚了还打电话？
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Have you got time to call him ?
你有时间给他打电话吗？
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Call me when you get there , no matter what the time is .
无论什么时间，你到了那儿就给我打电话。
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We 'd better call a taxi and get you home .
我们最好叫辆出租车送你回家。
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How do I make a local call ?
本地电话怎么打？
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She didn 't even call to say she wasn 't coming .
她甚至没打电话来说一声她不来了。
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The average response time to emergency calls was 9 minutes .
紧急求助电话的平均回应时间是9分钟。
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It would only take one phone call to blow their cover .
只要拨打一个电话就可揭穿他们的伪装。
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I 'll be on call the night of the party .
在聚会的晚上我将随时听凭召唤。
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Get out of the house or I 'll call the police .
滚出这所房子，不然我就叫警察了。
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She is a busy woman with many calls on her time .
她是个大忙人，有很多事等着她去办。
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I can call back later ─ it 's no trouble .
我可以过一会儿回电话，没关系。
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' See you later ! ' she called .
“再见！”她叫道。
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I tried to call you but I couldn 't get through .
我给你打电话了，可是怎么也打不通。
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He must like her , or he wouldn 't keep calling her .
他一定喜欢她，不然他不会老给她打电话。
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He called attention to the fact that many files were missing .
他提请注意许多档案已经遗失这一事实。
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