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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.
例句
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。
'Doctor...' — 'Will you please call me Sarah?'...
“大夫…”——“就叫我萨拉好了。”
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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.
例句
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。
I wouldn't call it a burden; I call it a responsibility...
我不觉得这是负担;我觉得它是一种责任。
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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.
例句
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。
'Boys!' she called again.
“小子们!”她又叫道。
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VERB
打电话给…;给…打电话
If you call someone, you telephone them.
例句
Would you call me as soon as you find out?...
你一弄清楚了就给我打电话好吗?
A friend of mine gave me this number to call...
一个朋友要我打这个号码。
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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.
例句
He screamed for his wife to call an ambulance...
他尖叫着让他老婆打电话叫救护车。
One night he was called to see a woman with tuberculosis.
一天夜里,有人打来电话,请他去给一位患肺结核的妇女看病。
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VERB
喊;呼唤
If you call someone, you ask them to come to you by shouting to them.
例句
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!”
He called me over the Tannoy.
他用天朗扩音器喊我。
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N-COUNT
打电话
When you make a telephone call, you telephone someone.
例句
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。
I've had hundreds of calls from other victims...
我已经接到了其他受害人打来的上百个电话。
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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.
例句
The Committee decided to call a meeting of the All India Congress...
委员会决定召开国大党会议。
The RSC was calling a press conference to announce the theatre's closure...
皇家莎士比亚剧团要召开新闻发布会,宣布剧院关闭。
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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.
例句
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。
I was called as an expert witness.
我作为专家证人被传唤出庭。
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VERB
短暂停留;访问;拜访
If you call somewhere, you make a short visit there.
例句
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。
Andrew now came almost weekly to call.
现在安德鲁几乎每星期都来。
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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.
例句
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.
例句
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。
We called the next game.
我们取消了下一场比赛。
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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.
例句
There have been calls for a new kind of security arrangement...
不少人呼吁出台新的安全措施。
Almost all workers heeded a call by the trade unions to stay at home for the duration of the strike.
工会号召工人在罢工期间呆在家里,几乎所有工人都响应了这一号召。
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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.
例句
'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.
例句
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.
例句
...the plaintive call of a whale.
鲸的哀鸣
...a wide range of animal noises and bird calls.
各种各样的鸟兽叫声
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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.
例句
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.
例句
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.
例句
In theory I'm on call day and night.
从理论上说,我现在昼夜待命。
...a doctor on call.
随叫随到的医生
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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.
例句
'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。”