英语词汇搭配语词典 地道的英语搭配 避免中式英语 call

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call

I. noun

[img][/img] on the telephone

• ADJECTIVE phone, telephone | long | quick, short I'll just make a quick phone ~. | local | international, long-distance | collect (esp. AmE) | incoming | outgoing | conference | business, follow-up, sales, telemarketing (esp. AmE) We always make follow-up ~s to ensure customer satisfaction. | personal We're not supposed to make personal ~s from work. | emergency, urgent He received an urgent ~ and had to leave. | frantic She made a frantic phone ~ to her mother. | anonymous, crank, hoax (esp. BrE), nuisance (esp. BrE), prank, unsolicited | missed The screen display said ‘8 missed calls’. | wake-up I ordered a wake-up ~ for 6.30 the next morning. | Last night's defeat should be a wake-up ~ for the team. (figurative)

• VERB + CALL give sb, make, place Give us a ~ to say when you have arrived. | She placed an anonymous ~ to the Dutch Embassy in Dublin. | get, have, receive | answer, deal with, field, handle, take I'll take the ~ upstairs. | He spent the whole day fielding ~s from concerned parents. | return I left a message but he didn't return my ~. | expect Could you get off the phone? I'm expecting a ~. | miss She was out and missed an important ~. | end, finish I ended the ~ as quickly as possible. | put through, transfer Ask the receptionist to put your ~ through to my room. | intercept, monitor, screen, trace The police managed to trace the ~.

• CALL + NOUN box (BrE) | centre/center

• PREPOSITION ~ for Were there any ~s for me while I was out? | ~ from You had a ~ from Fred. | ~ to I made a ~ to a friend in London.

[img][/img] sound to attract attention

• ADJECTIVE loud | distinctive the distinctive ~ of the cuckoo | alarm, distress | bird | clarion, rallying (both figurative) This election is a clarion ~ for our country to face the challenges of the new era.

• VERB + CALL let out, make, sound The mosque was sounding the ~ to prayer. | hear

• PREPOSITION ~ for a ~ for help | ~ to the morning ~ to prayer

[img][/img] short visit

• ADJECTIVE business, courtesy, sales, social | house The doctor does not usually make house ~s.

• VERB + CALL make, pay (sb) The doctor has several ~s to make this morning.

• PREPOSITION on a ~ She's out on a ~. | ~ on When he went to Ethiopia, his first ~ was on the ambassador.

• PHRASES first port of ~, last port of ~, next port of ~ Our first port of ~ (= the first place we went) was the bank.

[img][/img] request/demand

• ADJECTIVE renewed, repeated | last This is the last ~ for PAM flight 199 to Salvador. | strike (BrE)

• VERB + CALL issue | renew, repeat Campaigners have renewed their ~ for an independent inquiry. | answer, heed, respond to It is unlikely that they will heed ~s for a crackdown. | Around 10 000 workers heeded the union's strike ~. (BrE) | ignore, reject, resist The government has resisted the ~s of the international community.

• CALL + NOUN button He pushed the ~ button for the flight attendant.

• PREPOSITION ~ for The charity issued a ~ for donations to assist victims of the earthquake.

• PHRASES a ~ to action The book is a ~ to action. | a ~ to arms (= a strong request for people to fight in the army) (often figurative) The president's speech was a ~ to arms to restore the vitality of the American dream.

[img][/img] (informal) decision

• ADJECTIVE tough | close | judgement/judgment | line, strike (both sports)

II. verb

[img][/img] give a name to sb/sth

• ADVERB commonly, frequently Buenos Aires is often ~ed the Paris of South America. | formerly, originally The area was formerly ~ed West Meadow. | affectionately His friends affectionately ~ him ‘Bear’. | just, simply a character whom the writer ~s simply ‘The Girl’ | officially The system is officially ~ed the NPV System. | collectively a range of very small organisms, collectively ~ed nanoplankton | variously a tree variously ~ed ‘rowan’ and ‘mountain ash’ | aptly, rightly | tentatively He is writing a novel, tentatively ~ed ‘My Future’. | euphemistically soldiers killed by what is euphemistically ~ed ‘friendly fire’

• PREPOSITION by We usually ~ him by his nickname.

• PHRASES you could hardly ~ sth … , you would hardly ~ sth …  You could hardly ~ the show perfect, but it was successful.

[img][/img] make sound to attract attention

• ADVERB softly | loudly | out She ~ed out in pain.

• PREPOSITION for He ~ed for help, but no one could hear. | to a female penguin ~ing to her mate

[img][/img] telephone

• ADVERB back I'll ~ back later. | Leave a message and I'll ~ you back. | ahead You should ~ ahead to make sure that seats are available. | free (BrE), toll-free (AmE) Call us free/toll-free on this number. | collect (AmE)
Call is used with these nouns as the subject: critic, duty, judge, prosecution, viewer, voice
Call is used with these nouns as the object: assembly, attention, cab, ceasefire, conference, congress, coward, desk, doctor, election, elevator, fire brigade, firefighter, fool, foul, greeting, halt, head, hotline, idiot, inspector, liar, meeting, name, news conference, number, office, phone, pitch, play, police, policeman, press conference, realtor, reception, recess, referendum, register, retreat, roll, servant, session, stoppage, strike, summit, switchboard, taxi, toss, traitor, truce, vet, veterinarian, waiter, waitress, witness


call

noun

■ on the telephone 打电话


[搭配]ADJ.

phone/telephone
电话

long
时间很长的电话

quick, short
时间很短的电话:


I’ll just make a quick phone call.

我只很快地打一个电话。

local
市内电话

international, long-distance, trunk
国际长途电话；长途电话

direct-dialled
直拨电话

incoming
打进来的电话

outgoing
打出去的电话

emergency
紧急呼叫电话

anonymous, hoax, nuisance, obscene, unsolicited
匿名电话；恶作剧电话；骚扰电话；猥亵电话；（为推销等目的）主动打来的电话

wake-up
叫醒电话:


I ordered a wake-up call for 6.30the next morning.

我定了第二天早晨6点30分的叫醒电话。


（figurative）Last night’s defeat should be a wake-up call for the team.

昨晚的失利应当是对该队敲响的警钟。


[搭配]VERB + CALL

give sb, make, place
（给某人）打电话:


Give us a call to say when you have arrived.

你抵达就打电话告诉我们。


She asked her secretary to place a call through to England.

她让秘书接通到英国的电话。

get, have, receive
接到电话

answer, take
接电话:


I’ll take the call upstairs.

我上楼接电话。

return
回电话:


I left a message but he didn’t return my call.

我留了言，但他没有给我回电话。

put through, transfer
接通电话；转接电话:


Ask the receptionist to put your call through to my room.

让接待员把你的电话接到我房间。


[搭配]CALL + NOUN

box
公共电话亭


[搭配]PREP.

~ for
给…的电话:


Were there any calls for me while I was out?

我不在时有电话找我吗？

~ from
来自…的电话:


You had a call from Fred.

弗雷德给你打来电话了。

~ to
给…的电话:


I made a call to a friend in London.

我给伦敦的一个朋友打了电话。

■ sound to attract attention 呼唤


[搭配]ADJ.

loud
大叫

distinctive
独特的叫声:


the distinctive call of the cuckoo

布谷鸟独特的叫声

plaintive
哀伤的叫声:


the bird’s plaintive call

鸟儿哀伤的叫声

distress
呼救信号

bird
鸟叫声

（both figurative）clarion, rallying
号角召唤声；集合召唤:


This election is a clarion call for our country to face the challenges of the new era.

这次选举吹响了号角，号召我们国家去面对新纪元的挑战。


[搭配]VERB + CALL

let out
发出叫声

hear
听到叫声


[搭配]PREP.

~ for
为了…的叫声:


a call for help

求救的呼召

■ short visit 短暂的拜访


[搭配]ADJ.

business, courtesy, social
公务拜访；礼节性拜访；社交性拜访


[搭配]VERB + CALL

make, pay (sb)
访问；访问某人:


The doctor has several calls to make this morning.

今天上午，医生要做好几家巡诊。


[搭配]PREP.

on a ~
在访问中:


She’s out on a call.

她出去拜访了。

~ on
对…的访问:


Her first call was on the local library.

她第一个拜访的是当地图书馆。


[搭配]PHRASES

first/last/next port of call
第一个/ 最后一个/ 下一个短暂停留的地方:


Our first port of call (= thefirst place we went to) was the chemist’s.

我们的第一站是药房。

■ request/demand 号召；要求


[搭配]ADJ.

renewed, repeated
重新的通知；重复的通知

last
最后的通知：


This is the last call for passengers travelling on British Airways flight 199to Rome.

这是对乘坐英国航空公司199航班去罗马的乘客发出的最后一次通知。

strike
罢工号召


[搭配]VERB + CALL

issue
提出要求

renew
重申要求:


introduction of random breath tests.

反对酒后驾车的倡议者再次呼吁采用随机呼气测酒检查。

answer, heed, respond to
响应号召；响应要求:


Around 10000workers heeded the union’s strike call.

约有一万名工人响应工会的罢工号召。

reject
拒绝要求


[搭配]PREP.

~ for
… 的号召:


The charity issued a call for donations to assist victims of the earthquake.

慈善团体发出了为援助地震灾民募捐的号召。


[搭配]PHRASES

a call to arms
(= a strong request forpeople to fight in the army) （figurative） 入伍的号召:


The president’s speech was a call to arms to restore the vitality of the American dream.

总统的演讲是为了重振美国梦而发出的战斗号召。

call

verb


[搭配]ADV.

commonly
一般称为

originally
最初叫作

collectively
统称为:


a range of very small organisms, collectively called nanoplankton

统称为微型浮游生物的一类很小的生物体

variously
以不同的名称称为:


a plant variously called ‘cow parsley’ and ‘Queen Anne’s lace’

一种既称为“野胡萝卜”又称为“安妮女王饰带花”的植物

aptly
贴切地称为

quaintly
奇特地称为

euphemistically
委婉地称为:


The prison is euphemistically called a ‘rehabilitation centre’.

监狱被委婉地称为“康复中心”。


[搭配]PREP.

by
按…称呼:


We usually call him by his nickname.

我们通常叫他的绰号。