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Definition of call in English: callverb kɔːlkɔl 1with object and complement Give (a baby or animal) a specified name. 给(婴儿,动物)取名 they called their daughter Hannah 他们给女儿取名为汉娜。 Example sentencesExamples - When my husband and I were first married we had a cat we called Wanda.
- After being stunned by the spring flowers she saw in the park while she was pregnant, she decided to call her daughter Bluebell.
- The angel who appeared to both Mary and Joseph told them to call their son Jesus.
- Daisy, as we called the goat, would hate to be separated from her lambs and it was woe betide any dog that came near them.
- The winning name was provided by John from New Norfolk who suggested calling the bird ‘Reggie’.
- They called the baby Joseph Patrick and he was christened in the Holy Family Church.
- Morel gives birth to their third child, whom she calls Paul.
Synonyms name christen, baptize designate, style, term, dub, label, entitle archaic clepe rare denominate (be called), answer to the name of, go by the name of - 1.1be called Have a specified name.
叫做,名为 her companion was called Ethel 她的同伴叫埃塞尔。 a book called Street Life in London Example sentencesExamples - Grant aided, or publicly funded, housing used to be called council housing.
- The two gentlemen of Verona are best friends called Valentine and Proteus.
- Nowadays, little would be thought of such a situation, but in the 1940's, "living in sin" as it was called, was looked on askance.
- There is an extremely popular family restaurant in Bandra called Papa Pancho.
- The other piece of equipment is a device called a hydrometer, which measures alcoholic strength.
- "No," said Sally, "she's called Vicky."
- This method is called the shareholder value approach.
- In the mid-1700s, when it was first recognized in sheep, the disease was called scrapie, because suffering animals tended to rub their skins raw.
- His last book was called, "The Death of Outrage."
- Perhaps the most well known type of Venezuelan music is a rhythm called the joropo.
- One of my favourite games is called Hangman.
- The criteria that SRI funds use to make socially responsible investments are called screens.
- I did write an article for the Pleasantville High School newspaper, which I think was called The Panther.
- Performance poetry of this kind is called dub poetry.
- The most common allergen in soy is called trypsin inhibitor.
- The French system combining sports and studies is called "sport etude."
- What worked best for us was a book called Choosing Colours by Kevin McCloud, of Grand Designs fame.
- It was not until 1978 that individuals in the United States started showing signs of what would later be called AIDS.
- This game is called "Mighty No.9".
- 1.2 Address or refer to (someone) by a specified name, title, etc.
(用具体名字、头衔、昵称或虐称)称呼,指称;谈到(某人) 请叫我露西。 if he remains quiet she calls him a wimp Example sentencesExamples - I have no idea what his Christian name was and he called me Master Charles.
- She calls him brother and chastises him for speaking so sternly to her.
- It is a good idea to call people by names they recognise and find acceptable.
- The reporter called her a "good-looking, smart, gin-drinking suburbanite."
- Let's analyze the stupidity of your comment to Jack below, where you called him a loser.
- He developed an adorable habit of calling me by my name in every sentence, which was somehow madly endearing.
- It immediately caught my attention that she had called my mother by her maiden name.
- Well, my name is Katrina Chestler, but everyone calls me Katie.
- What would Kris think if he'd heard her calling him that?
- I heard one girl called her a 'tomboy'.
- He almost never calls me by my name, and when he does it's Nicolas.
- The chancellor of the exchequer calls the prime minister a liar.
- She and Dennis had talked around the checkout counter and she'd gotten Dennis's last name wrong, calling him Lewis, and it stuck for some reason.
- Though Rebekah is my name, everybody calls me Bekah.
- The name he calls me is actually not that different from my own.
- One of my co-workers still calls me the wrong name almost every time he sees me.
- One hasn't bothered to learn my name and just calls me ‘Rooney’.
- She continues, calling me by my first name again… ‘I have a favour to ask you, but am not sure how you will react.’
- I never wanted to have that prefix attached to my name and have everyone calling me Sir Edward, so I went to university and became a professor.
Synonyms name, title, entitle, dub, designate, term, address, label, tag - 1.3 Refer to or consider (someone or something) as being.
把…称作;认为…是;把…算作;把…描述成 he's the only person I would call a friend 他是惟一我称之为朋友的人。 Example sentencesExamples - The organisation is said to be pinning its hopes on the House of Lords intervening and calling the strike ‘unlawful’.
- To the north, in Baltimore, officials are calling this the worst flood in recent memory.
- They have argued that the amendments should not be considered, calling them new complaints that violate the one-year ban.
- One diplomat calls it probably the poorest and most corrupt country in Europe.
- It was the kind of love that people often call unconditional, and I know what they mean.
- Call me crazy, but this doesn't seem like a tough question.
- That's one of the reasons why I get so angry when people call all this ‘right-wing’.
- U.S. officials are calling this a success.
- ‘Keep up the fight,’ fellow fans urged in their e-mails, calling the boy an inspiration.
- My book has inspired some people to call me a socialist or communist or un-American.
- Call it crazy but I remember that first time you smiled at me.
- Museum officials are calling this the largest cultural project in the city's history.
- It's all part of what the American ambassador here calls the pope's moral megaphone.
- I'm not very good at what you might call the real world, the business world.
- Since then, he has entered what you might call a rough patch.
- But a senior U.S. defense official calls the peace plan a face-saving gesture for everybody.
- Whether it is what you might call professional misconduct may be another matter.
- For five nights, we were on what you might call a floating hotel.
- The Ancient Greeks called that hubris and considered it a flaw of human character.
- Airline officials are calling the attack a suicide attempt.
Synonyms describe as, regard as, look on as, consider to be, judge to be, think of as, class as, categorize as
2with object Cry out (a word or words) 大声说(单词,话) he heard an insistent voice calling his name 他听到一个声音不停地叫着他的名字。 Meredith was already calling out a greeting 梅雷迪思已经在大声地打着招呼。 Example sentencesExamples - One day I found myself running home from the bus stop, calling out goodbyes to Tracy and Brian.
- Rina dropped to her knees and cradled her older sister in her arms, calling out her name in a pained voice.
- You might think I have a lot of nerve calling out this word.
- Kyra smiled and noticed everyone, pointing and waving at her, while calling out words of good luck.
- Looking around into the darkness she could still hear the voice calling out her name.
- He started screaming his head off, calling out horrible words.
- As we followed the hostess to our table, I heard a familiar voice from the kitchen calling out orders.
- She turned to face the ranks behind her and called words she had been waiting to speak for a very long time.
- Standing up, I cupped my hands around my mouth, raising my voice before calling out his name.
- He didn't hear the bright, girlish voice calling out his name again and again until his caller stood right before him.
- There was banging in the background and angry voices calling out her name.
- People with clipboards buzzed among them, calling out names, ticking off lists, leading them inside one by one to consulting rooms.
- Madison makes her way out the door, calling goodbye to Robert over her shoulder.
- Jennifer blew kisses to visiting reporters and called out "hi, hi."
- A voice broke through the silence, calling out her name.
- He then scrambled down to the rudder to steer from there, but not before calling out a kind word to the deck below.
- Instead of calling the words, I read them the letter.
- I made out the voice of the PA announcer calling out the name of a batter.
Synonyms cry out, cry, shout, yell, sing out, whoop, bellow, roar, halloo, bawl, scream, shriek, screech - 2.1 Cry out to (someone) in order to summon them or attract their attention.
呼喊(某人);喊,叫 she heard Terry calling her 她听到特里在叫她。 no object I distinctly heard you call 我清楚地听到你的喊叫。 Example sentencesExamples - The old gal called me over to the director's chair they always had for her on the set.
- We waited in silence and fear for a huge customs agent to call us over.
- After all, she had managed well enough the previous night, and calling a servant may draw attention to her presence.
- Rose could hear Laurie calling her, but she didn't turn back.
- As Natalie and I went into the lobby, we heard someone calling us.
- As she started to leave the office, Max called after her.
- She looked round to catch the bartender's attention, but didn't call him over.
- One afternoon in 1999, I was dozing when I heard my maternal grandmother calling me.
- Estelle drifted off into an uneasy slumber and was awakened sometime during the late night by a low voice calling out to her.
- The cat heard me call and ran up to me.
- Suddenly, a voice was calling out to him, coming from below.
- Another very old man was heard, calling the young boy back.
- As they were walking, Brooke heard someone calling her, and paused to see who it was.
- I turned around and ran, but stopped on the stairs when he called after me.
- Camped in the hills not far from her own house last summer, she even heard her uncle's voice calling out for her.
Synonyms cry out, cry, shout, yell, sing out, whoop, bellow, roar, halloo, bawl, scream, shriek, screech - 2.2no object (of an animal, especially a bird) make its characteristic cry.
(动物,尤指鸟)叫,鸣,啼 overhead, a skylark called Example sentencesExamples - The birds kept calling as they shuffled about, and I tried my best to let the sound sink into my brain.
- So next time the sun is shining and the birds are calling, go outside to broaden your exercise routine.
- The birds all took flight calling in panic and monkeys leapt and ran screaming in every direction.
- At one exciting moment, several kiwis were calling loudly only a few feet above us on a hillside, but they never came into view.
- The horses in the paddocks were whinnying and nickering, and our mares called out in response.
- Crossing the gate, I could hear a sheep calling from behind some bushes.
- As she lies in bed one night, she is overjoyed to hear the monkeys call from the young forest.
- When you hear a pack of wolves calling, you don't pay attention to anything else.
- A cuckoo called from faraway, a greater spotted woodpecker hammered out an urgent tattoo.
- He heard his own breathing, and the birds calling from one of the distant jungles.
- Parents and kids alike will enjoy the sounds of a crackling campfire at dusk and of birds calling as the sun rises.
- He enjoyed the way the wind swept over his head and the birds called out in song.
- The wolves were calling again, at about 4:45 a.m.
- For one instant, he thought it was another monkey calling from one of the many trees nearby.
- Birds called to each other from all around, and she felt her heart swell in return.
- Here, the air vibrates with the sound of booming waves and dancing, swooping birds calling to each other through the eddying gusts of Atlantic wind.
- An owl called from down near the river.
- The large, long-billed birds returned, calling loudly.
- 2.3 Shout out or chant (the steps and figures) to people performing a square dance or country dance.
向跳方形舞(或乡村舞)的人喊出(舞步) Example sentencesExamples - The Squire leads the side and calls the figures of the dances from within the set.
- One lady in our group said that she would be traveling all the way to Fremont, Ohio in large part because Karen will be calling the dance there.
- Listen to the music and of course, listen to the leader calling the steps.
- The caller walks everyone through the dance moves, and continues calling the steps until they are familiar enough so that the dancers do not need to have them repeated.
- Calling the figures as the dance progressed was not an American invention as is often claimed.
- 2.4Bridge Make (a particular bid) during the auction.
〔桥牌〕叫(牌) 她的搭档叫六黑桃。 Example sentencesExamples - Then the next player calls, and so on until all cards have been called.
- Betting then commences in a poker style manner, until the bet has been called.
- A bid can only be overcalled by calling a lower card of the same suit as the original bid.
- If a joker is turned up the dealer may pick it up and call anything trump.
- So the bidding is won by whoever is prepared to call the lowest card.
- 2.5North American informal Claim (a specified privilege) for oneself, typically by shouting out a particular word or set phrase.
I call first dibs on the bathroom Example sentencesExamples - When we were picked for the same team, I was quick to call shortstop.
- Meet us at the jump ropes. Delores and I call first up!
- Let's go play kickball. I call first up!
- "I call front seat by the window," he yelled to Simon as they raced toward the car.
- Let the creative juices flow when you pick out your props; I call dibs on the unicorn horn.
- To be honest, I'm stunned that Ned didn't call dibs first.
- “I call front seat,” one of the kids will shout out.
3with object Contact or attempt to contact (a person or number) by phone. 我可以给你回个电话吗? he called her on Monday but her phone was switched off Example sentencesExamples - To avoid giving himself away, he used public telephones and telephones at work to call the old couple.
- People, like the man whose apartment didn't have a door, can call the 800 number for help at any time.
- I'll call you tonight via telephone and we can decide where we're eating for dinner.
- To the caller, it is no different to calling any other telephone number.
- I pride myself in either taking the call or calling the person back within an hour.
- Already angered, Dawes becomes furious all the more when Clara calls Paul on the telephone.
- I have never met my father and finally called him on the telephone about two years ago for the first time.
- I picked up the phone this evening and called him; we chatted for over an hour and it was like we'd last spoken yesterday.
- The member of the family who has accompanied her is shown how to use the dial phone to call us.
- Two weeks later I hadn't heard back so I called her but she'd changed her mind.
- I could have just called him back by dialing the number on the call ID on my cell phone.
- When I called the number on the company's website, the CEO picked up the phone.
- I snapped out of it, and picked up the old fashioned telephone to call my sister.
- I think about 90% of the time I know who's calling me when the phone rings.
- He just gave us his personal number and we called him when we needed him.
- Actually, I know a lot of people who are apprehensive about calling people they don't know on the telephone.
- I'll call you back soon.
- So I had to go find a telephone and call the director so that she would come down and escort me in.
- I miss calling you to hear the latest in your life.
- And if that's not bad enough, now I've got telephone solicitors calling me for charity donations.
Synonyms phone, telephone, get on the phone to, get someone on the phone, dial, make a call to, place a call to, get, reach - 3.1 Use a phone to summon (someone or something, especially an emergency service or a taxi)
用电话召唤(某事物,尤指紧急服务或出租车) her husband called an ambulance Example sentencesExamples - Officers from Greater Manchester Police and British Transport Police were both called to the scene.
- He went to a telephone box and called an ambulance.
- The Group Leader called the Ambulance Service who took him to the Hospital.
- If you are on your own, make other arrangements, such as calling a taxi.
- Do not allow yourself or anyone else to become dangerously ill before calling a doctor or going to a hospital.
- We called a cab to take us to the club.
- She said she ran down to the station and made the report and the police called the ambulance that took him to the hospital.
- The woman in the museum reception was kind enough to call a cab.
- In both cases these are criminal offences and the police should be called.
- Police and ambulance were called to the scene where the cyclist was treated for multiple injuries.
- Around eight police cars were called to one of the drinking establishments to what must have been a major incident.
- At one stage a police van was called to the street to attend to a different property.
- The Welsh Air Ambulance was called to the scene, but was unable to land nearby because of woodland in the area.
- Police, who were called in by the ambulance service, said no-one had been arrested.
- You can help stamp out damage to our buses by calling Lewisham police if you recognise these two youths.
- He attacked his father's car, and police who were called to the scene had to use CS spray to overcome him.
- Students are advised to ‘arrange a lift or call a taxi if possible’ when travelling home in the evening.
- The ambulance was called immediately but the police were not aware of the death until 3pm.
- He said the Essex Air Ambulance was called but was unable to attend.
- Bessie tells Jane that she fell sick and was crying, and that was why the doctor was called.
Synonyms summon, send for, ask for order page
4with object Order or request the attendance of. representatives of all three teams have been called to appear before the Monaco stewards I got a letter calling me for an interview Example sentencesExamples - Investigators called three people before a fact-finding grand jury two weeks ago.
- Maybe they'll call me in to have a little chat.
- Research has shown that people with high Positive Affect were more likely to get called back for second interviews.
- He served briefly as a Private First Class in the Marines before being called back for a secret position with the CIA.
- She was also called to attend counseling on June 18.
- The next workshop will be held on September where educational institutions will be called upon to attend.
- The father took custody of the infant after police called him to the scene.
- This latest spat will be the third time London has called in the Spanish ambassador since the government was formed in 2011.
- The director called him to his office on Thursday at 10.30 am to review his suspension.
- Now they've backtracked and said they may call them to a disciplinary hearing.
- If the patients switch physicians, record-keepers send patients simple questionnaires or call them for interviews.
- She picked holes in every article I wrote, and eventually moved me to head office where she could call me in for regular dressings-down.
- He was called before the committee, and questioned on his motivations for these dismissals.
- 4.1 Bring (a witness) into court to give evidence.
传唤(证人) four expert witnesses were called Example sentencesExamples - Officials are still deciding which former employees will be called to give evidence.
- The allegations hung over the couple, who were not called to give evidence in court, for more than a fortnight.
- In this case, the person to whom statements were made out of Court was not called as a witness.
- Within a week, the witnesses had all been called, the cases for the prosecution and defence delivered.
- Some of them - or others like them - might conceivably have to be called as witnesses.
- He is one of up to 18 expert witnesses called to the hearing to support the council's case.
- Where the informant is a witness, then he or she must be called to give evidence.
- Once the parties have responded, witnesses will be called to give evidence at public hearings likely to begin next month.
- Two Indiana State Police forensic scientists were also called to testify.
- He has not given evidence or called any witnesses on his behalf.
- The defense has one more witness, one more expert witness, to call to the stand on Thursday.
- The Crown then called the two witnesses on whom they had relied at the trial.
- First of all, it is I, and I alone, who will decide what witnesses will be called.
- There is also the question of why this primary witness was not called to give evidence.
- The pretext for the refusal was that the defendant may abscond and could threaten key witnesses yet to be called.
- Judge Anderson ruled he could not be called as an expert witness.
- Furthermore, it is rare for such experts to be called to give evidence or for their views to be tested.
- He pointed out that it would also be an inconvenience to anyone that was called as a witness.
- Well… if you are concerned about that there is of course a process whereby the court can call a witness.
- He was a major player in the story put before the court but was not called as a witness.
- 4.2 Cause (someone) to have a strong urge to choose a particular way of life or career.
he was called to the priesthood with infinitive I think teachers, really good teachers, are called to teach Example sentencesExamples - Are you despairing over the size of the task that God is calling you to do?
- I believe that God called me to be a Bishop.
- When he is called to follow the Lord, she turns her back on both the man and his God.
- I was 19 years old when I first heard God calling me to religious life.
- They have been called to be witnesses for God.
- I personally find joy in the work I have been called to do.
- He felt called to make the world a better place by becoming a minister.
5with object Announce or decide that (an event, especially a meeting, election, or strike) is to happen. there appeared to be no alternative but to call a general election he called an emergency meeting to discuss the matter with councillors and residents the Allied forces called a ceasefire Example sentencesExamples - Another parish meeting can be called by the mayor, two councillors or six residents.
- The parish council chairman called a special public meeting on Tuesday night in the hall.
- The findings were quickly taken up by Governor McCrory, who called a press conference on the issue.
- Griffith had not asked for me at all; he had called a press conference.
- The next day they called a general strike, and roadblocks appeared everywhere.
- No mass meetings have been called, and no strikes or industrial action have taken place.
- She was called back to Britain from Australia when a general election was called suddenly.
- Annan said the first attempt to call a truce on April 12 had failed.
- The special meeting had been called as a member had to be appointed before the deadline of July 5.
- He lacks the authority to call an ‘extraordinary meeting’ of the member clubs.
- The scaled down ceremony is due to take place ahead of a special meeting called by opposition councillors.
- A week ago a national rail strike was called off at the eleventh hour when the management backed down over pensions.
- Union leaders called a general strike for tomorrow if the leader was not released.
- I could not believe that there was no time limit from the date of calling the meeting to the date it was finally held.
- Today's political leaders study long and hard which date to call a General Election.
- Postal vote applications can only be made within 17 days after the general election is called.
- The findings were quickly taken up by Gov. Pat McCrory, who called a press conference on the issue.
- So we will have to ask the Labour Party when it intends to call the next election.
- He said the union would call a special general meeting with the workers to inform them of the ruling.
Synonyms convene, summon, call together, order, assemble arrange, arrange a time/date for announce, declare formal convoke 6British no object (of a person) pay a brief visit. (人)短暂拜访 I've got to call at the bank to get some cash 我得去趟银行取些现金。 he had promised Celia he would call in at the clinic 他答应过西莉亚去趟诊所。 do call round if you're ever in the area Example sentencesExamples - When he arrived in Settle, he called at the police station and told officers what had happened.
- Mom had often complained that nobody was calling in at Grandma's house much and would ask me to make an extra visit.
- On the way home we called in at the bird centre.
- The woman let them in, but luckily a male friend called in and distracted the men and they fled empty handed.
- I obviously couldn't wait for another week, so my daughter called in at the local shop to buy some, after school.
- So my Dad calls in after a trip to visit Aunty Wilma, who's recovering from a stroke.
- I have people calling in every day at my hospital room, asking what is going on.
- Indeed, Ray called around to us for a visit the Sunday before the dinner dance in Sligo.
- It is not clear if they are worried about the prospect of some of their friends calling in for a visit.
- You can call in at our home - you can phone first if you want an appointment.
- An inspector called round and was shown through the house to the garden where there was a garden area with a shed.
- And if you like, you can call in at the office on a Friday evening to hand in your timesheet, and you get a beer and some crisps.
- His old schoolmaster called by and launched into an analysis of American politics.
- A woman with the boy called upon at least six houses in Watson Close at about 5.30 pm on Saturday.
- At one point, Karen's neighbour calls by to complain that work on the beach is "bringing all sorts to the area".
- Firefighters are urging people interested in their plight to call at the station and express an interest.
- He rang her constantly, called round unexpectedly and even entered the house uninvited.
- Neighbours called to visit her on a regular basis and she enjoyed their company.
- Then we will be told that one of their people will call to see us, and if there are any days or times that we are not at home or unavailable.
- When his friends call at the house, she says he is sleeping, or in the bathroom, or cannot be disturbed.
Synonyms pay a visit to, pay a brief visit to, visit, pay a call on, call in on, look in on informal drop in on, drop by, stop by, pop into - 6.1call at (of a train or coach) stop at (a specified station or stations) on a particular route.
(火车,长途汽车)停靠 the 8.15 service to Paddington, calling at Reading 中途停靠雷丁的8:15去帕丁顿的车。 Example sentencesExamples - Commuters face more disruption following Midland Mainlines decision to stop one of its trains calling at Bedford.
- The weekly route calls at Belize, Costa Maya, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel.
- This Saturday and Sunday, engineering work in the Stockport area will prevent trains to and from Manchester Piccadilly from calling at Stockport.
- Services affected include the York to Blackpool North service, which calls at Burnley Manchester Road and Accrington.
- The coach will leave at 8.00am, calling at Castlebar at 8.25am and will return to Westport at about 7pm.
- Anyone who usually takes a train calling at Stockport will have to use a replacement bus service.
- In addition to that, there will be a half-hourly service between Ipswich and London, calling at intermediate stations including Colchester.
- Regular trains to Leeds also call at some local stops such as Garforth and New Pudsey.
- The service also calls at Waterloo pier near to the Saatchi Gallery and London Eye, thus providing a direct river link to 3 major art galleries in London.
- A replacement bus service was in operation from 7.30 am calling at all stops between Altrincham and Old Trafford.
- Some trains were diverted into Liverpool Street calling at Stratford, while others terminated and started at West Ham or Barking.
- Now, no train calls at the station, which wears a deserted look.
- The train I am on does not call at Crewe, and the colour drains from my face at the thought of getting lost in the suburbs south of Manchester.
- But rail users say any plans to stop trains calling at Oxenholme are unacceptable.
- It calls at Cross Roads, Haworth Brow, Oxenhope and Haworth before returning to Keighley one minute before the hour.
- Buses will run between New Addington and East Croydon, calling at all tram stops to Lloyd Park then non-stop to East Croydon.
- Buses replaced trains from Hayes to Lewisham, calling at all stations along the route except Ladywell.
- This was a much faster route than the line calling at Bradford Exchange, Halifax and Rochdale, among a host of other stations.
- Travellers were warned that several South West train services are not calling at certain stations along several routes.
- Most York bus services call at either the Station or Pavement / Piccadilly.
7with object and complement (of an umpire or other official in a game) pronounce (a ball, stroke, etc.) to be the thing specified. (比赛中裁判等)判定 the linesman called the ball wide 巡边员判球出界。 Example sentencesExamples - Wood's high fastball is tough to catch up to, and if umpires call it a strike, hitters must chase it.
- The ball went in and out of the seats in such a way that the umpire called it a double rather than a homer.
- To me, the worst thing in baseball is when the pitcher is scared to throw the ball over the plate, and then the umpire calls it a strike when it's a foot outside!
- The umpire called the ball out.
- It was in a tennis match in Rome, the chair umpire called it out but the player saw it otherwise.
- 7.1Cricket with object (of an umpire) declare (a bowler) to have bowled a no-ball.
he was called for throwing in the match against Hampshire Example sentencesExamples - He would have got called for throwing 50 years ago and they wouldn't have changed the rules for him back then.
- And they called bowlers for throwing as soon as the bending and straightening of the arm became obvious to the naked eye.
- Jones was first called for throwing against England at Melbourne in 1897-8.
- I am one of those rare people who supports the umpire's action of calling him for throwing.
- 7.2with object Predict the result of (a future event, especially an election or a vote)
预测(未来事件,尤指选举或投票)的结果 in the Midlands the race remains too close to call 在英格兰中部地区,竞选仍是势均力敌,胜负难料。 few pundits risked calling the election for either Bush or Kerry Example sentencesExamples - The personalised nature of the bid battle makes the outcome hard to call, analysts said.
- With just a few days until Thursday's meeting at the Gresham in Dublin, few analysts are calling the outcome.
- Still, analysts call the race dead even.
- This election is too close to call.
- Until the recent scandals, I was calling this election as a shoo-in for the Republicans.
- Election statisticians often need to get their hands on actual vote counts from test precincts to call a race.
- Again, the return leg is too close to call with both teams capable of making of it through to the final in Mustangs.
- Your votes are flooding in every day in their hundreds but, with many categories still too close to call, every vote really does count.
- Well, the networks are going to be calling the race in a much different way this time than they did in 2000.
- They are opposed by Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, making the final result of the vote too close to call.
- Irrespective of how the pundits call this one - I suspect they may install Longford as slight favourites - the ordinary Sligo fan will expect a win.
- The current government seems to think they have a mandate to end hunting, yet the issue is too close to call in opinion polls.
- Election officials have also cautioned against calling the vote too soon.
- The message that the competition between the two is too close to call came over loud and clear.
- In 2000, NBC was the first network to predict the result - calling Florida for Al Gore at 1949 EST.
- The result is too close to call.
- Hats off to you, Miguel, because on May 5 you called it - you said it was a shoo-in.
- We have to call her vote 50/50, which means, according to our calculations, that the whole appeal is essentially a coin toss.
- 7.3with object Guess (the outcome) of tossing a coin.
猜掷币结果 Burnley called heads and won the toss no object ‘You call,’ he said. ‘Heads or tails?’ “你猜,"他说,“是正面还是反面?” Example sentencesExamples - The players in the group then establish a playing order by calling coin tosses, chipping toward a tee marker, or any other simple method.
- The rest of the team wanted me to call "tails".
- There was even a cheer and a bout of fist-clenching when Burnley called heads and won the toss to decide who went first.
- But he never found out about what the best option to call during a toss is.
- I'm going to toss a coin and ask you to call heads or tails.
- Ask the other person to call the coin toss before you toss the coin.
- More importantly, though, that winner would have correctly called the toss something like 16 times in a row.
- Goldsmith calls it tails—and wins.
- The captain who calls correctly on the toss of a coin will decide whether it's league or union in the first half.
- The captain was hoping for some luck with the toss, and after calling correctly he had no hesitation in reaching for his bowling boots.
8Computing with object Cause (a subroutine) to be executed. one subroutine may call another subroutine (or itself) Example sentencesExamples - Metadata that is generated establishes a mapping of interface parameters to the routine parameters of the called routine.
- A unit test would directly call the subroutine I want to test, and it would rely as little as possible on other subroutines in the program.
- A shared library delays the binding of a routine name to its executable function until the routine is first called when your program runs.
- Before you could call a subroutine, you had to calculate its address.
- Every time the subroutine calls itself, a few bytes are pushed on to the stack to store the return address.
- To call C routines from a Fortran program, you will have to write some C code.
- The connection goes both ways; SISAL can call C and Fortran routines, and C and Fortran can call SISAL routines.
noun kɔːlkɔl 1A cry made as a summons or to attract someone's attention. (召唤或吸引人注意的)喊声 a nearby fisherman heard their calls for help in response to the call, a figure appeared 一个身影应声而出。 Example sentencesExamples - My feet abruptly started walking faster after I heard Yori's call.
- The woman ran as the guys chased after her, yelling wild calls.
- She ignored anybody else on the street, not paying attention to the calls she was getting.
- Mary went to her pew and sat silently, listening to the calls and yells of the other kids going home outside.
- Rescue workers moved in, picking over debris and listening for calls for help.
- I had just about made it out the door when a call from behind me drew my attention.
- Suddenly, the once somber and silent pressroom erupted in a cacophony of calls vying for the president's attention.
- They were yelling, their calls reverberating down the hall.
- I heard her muffled call from the car.
- Everyone else was already in there and he was greeted with loud calls and hellos as he entered the dressing room.
Synonyms cry, shout, yell, whoop, roar, scream, shriek exclamation informal holler rare vociferation - 1.1with modifier A series of notes sounded on a brass instrument as a signal to do something.
(做某事的)号声 a bugle call to rise at 8.30 所吹的起床号。 Example sentencesExamples - The bugle call sounded at retreat was first used in the French Army and dates back to the crusades.
- Like any ex-civilian, raw recruit Elvis Presley, the king of rock 'n' roll will be keeping time to ordinary bugle calls.
- Toward the end of one song, David Johnson busted out a cavalry call on the trumpet.
- Performing the poignant trumpet call is the 92-year-old's way of honouring those who made the ultimate sacrifice for Queen and country.
- His greatest music was made at a time of optimism in America, when the roar of the plains and the dissonant buzz of the cities still felt like the bugle calls of the new frontier.
- 1.2 A direction in a square dance given by the caller.
(方形舞的)舞步指示 Example sentencesExamples - In traditional square dancing the timing of a call is fitted to the music.
- If the dancers do not know who is the lead couple or who is the inside couple, they will not be able to perform the call.
- Any given call might be modified by an instruction specifying which dancers should do this particular call.
- Wilma said the calls make square dancing easy to learn.
- Square dances, with many of the calls in French, also became popular in the twentieth century.
- 1.3Bridge A bid, response, or double.
〔桥牌〕叫花色;吊牌;应叫;叫加倍 the alternative call of 2♠ would be quite unsound Example sentencesExamples - Each player is allowed a maximum of three calls per game.
- Then betting commences with raises, calls and folds as usual.
- Five and six are no longer available, as this player has already used all his opportunities for these calls.
- In some schedules a solo is worth more if you bid it over a previous call of misère or piek.
- Since each call adds two cards to a player's hand, you can check how many calls you have made by counting the cards in your hand.
2The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal. (鸟或其他动物的)叫声 it is best distinguished by its call, a loud ‘pwit’ - 2.1 A device used to imitate the cry of a particular bird or other animal.
turkeys in the wild don't sound like most turkey calls he bought a duck call at the store most hunters I know have at least one call tucked away in a pocket
3An instance of speaking to someone on the phone or attempting to contact someone by phone. I'll give you a call at around five 我5点左右会给你打电话。 he stopped returning her calls a ten-minute call to the emergency services Example sentencesExamples - The best approach is not to answer the call in the first place.
- Some residents, such as Mr Pilkington, had opted to have their incoming calls diverted to mobile telephones, she said.
- The dish is used to connect calls from landline telephones to mobiles and vice versa without the need for cables.
- If they experience an emergency, they should still telephone 999 as their call will be answered.
- She told the court that she left her boyfriend at the flat briefly to make a call from a nearby telephone box.
- The Department of Agriculture has received calls from consumers worried about whether they consumed some of the recalled beef.
- She works by herself on the floor and is constantly interrupted by calls on her mobile and fixed-line phones.
- It is best to make such calls from public phones, using telephone cards.
- She claimed she can't get her mortgage representative to return her calls.
- Another bit of cell phone company insanity - we pay for incoming calls but those telephone numbers are not recorded on the bill.
- My late afternoon siesta was interrupted by a call from Graham.
- Police sent three squad cars and a helicopter in response to an emergency call.
- Unhappily this perception was reinforced by reports of police failing to respond to emergency calls.
- Last year the emotional support charity had to deal with in excess of half a million calls to its telephone helpline.
- Brian, who lives in the Costa Brava, will not be at the party, but the pair will be waiting by the telephone for his call.
- The spokesman declined to release further information, including a tape of the 911 call.
- In the case of international calls, communication from a computer to a telephone abroad is allowed.
- Inmates are given phone cards to be used with conventional telephones and calls are monitored.
- My phone was ringing with calls from all over the country.
- According to some villagers, they could not make calls from their mobile telephones during the incident.
Synonyms phone call, telephone call British ring informal buzz British informal bell, tinkle 4A brief visit, especially one made for social reasons. we paid a call on Ben and his family Example sentencesExamples - I paid some calls to old friends in Manhattan.
- People who have been out drinking make a final call at the kebab house before returning home.
- He pays a call on his friend and we take off on a journey discovering the life of one of the most important British artists of modern times.
- The video shows the first port call of the world's largest ship in the port of Busan in South Korea.
- There are moments of humor, such as a scene where a sales representative makes a call on Blake, who is nodding out in a spaghetti-strap dress.
- A routine delivery task turned into an adventure when she made a call on the village.
- Francis paid a call on his predecessor at a monastery on the Vatican's grounds to offer Christmas greetings.
- Lisbon is the first of our calls around the Iberian peninsula.
- The Graphic published a picture of a lady bountiful making her charitable calls around the estate with a friend, accompanied by two police constables.
- As Vettel was making his first pit call on lap 14, the Finn was seen leaving the circuit.
- She will make a courtesy call on the Russian president during her stay in Moscow.
- 4.1 A visit or journey made by a doctor or other professional in response to a request for help, especially in an emergency situtation.
the ambulance is out on a call the district nurse for the local villages used to make her calls on a bicycle Example sentencesExamples - One of the most common home repair calls in Florida is for fascia damage, which is particularly susceptible to water damage.
- At this time, all available vehicles were on other emergency calls and it was not possible to activate a crew.
- She said that the nurse had been called away to another part of the home on an emergency call.
- Another element in the exercise will be an emergency call to Church island to attend to campers who are in difficulty.
- When a physiotherapist made one of her regular calls at the family home. she noticed Zoe was unwell, and asked if she had been taking her antibiotics.
- Unless you know a psychologist that does home calls it will be difficult to get her help that she knows she needs but refuses to get.
- He was told by many practice management groups that the personal call from the doctor would bring the patients back and help to support growth in his practice.
- The television show hostess followed firefighters out on a call that goes horribly wrong.
- Amherst firefighters were called in to assist Belchertown firefighters, who were already on a call to vent propane from a home at the time.
- The police warning is reported to have initiated the desired effect, forcing some to walk their dogs in secluded areas and ask for home calls by vets.
- In many city fire departments, firefighters are sent home after two calls.
5An appeal or demand for something to happen or be done. the call for action was welcomed 对行动的呼吁受到欢迎。 a call to all sides to remain calm and refrain from violence there are more and more calls on his time Example sentencesExamples - Set out what money you have coming in on one side and your outgoings on the other (rent/mortgage, food, clothing, and any other calls on your income).
- She issues a clarion call for accountability at the top of corporations and better corporate governance.
- I don't earn nearly what my husband does, because I simply have too many other calls on my time.
- The mayor has rejected widespread calls to resign.
- The threat comes amid calls on the Government to build on our Olympic success by reversing funding cuts to school sports.
- There are also widespread calls here for our government to intervene and ‘cap’ prices in Ireland.
- If you are a researcher, you have many calls on your time.
- But she did not endorse calls to ban home breeding, instead focusing her concern on commercial breeders who keep five or more dogs.
- He said he does not intend staying in office beyond his term, but rejected calls to resign before that.
- Fifty-eight percent disapprove, only 35 percent support the president's calls for reform.
- He begins by discussing calls in the 1870s for reform of the property tax, the backbone of state and local finance.
- There were calls for a tourist boycott, but nobody paid much attention to it.
- Mr O'Farrell has acknowledged she acted badly but doesn't seem to be heeding the opposition's call to sack her.
- And calls are growing for the government to relax its anti-inflationary policies.
- There was also more than one call for him to resign.
- The country has branded the poet "persona non grata", amid calls he be stripped of his Nobel Prize.
- There have been calls to ban helium balloons, thanks to the scarcity of the gas which keeps them airborne
- United Nations emergency officials have repeated their urgent call for more international assistance.
Synonyms appeal, request, plea, entreaty demand, order, command - 5.1call formass noun, usually with negative Demand, need, or reason for.
there is little call for antique furniture 对古式家具的需求几乎没有。 there's no call for secrecy anywhere in a free government Example sentencesExamples - There's no call for any of this nonsense really.
- There was little call for healthfood at the Olympic Village as the games came to an end.
- Some GPs said they had already surveyed their patients and found there was little call for evening and weekend appointments.
- When allowed to, he can be much funnier than Johnson, but there's not much call for a wise-cracking foreign secretary.
- There isn't much call for investment bankers in Whistler, so John decided he'd better start a small business.
- There's quite a good market for recycled tyre materials, but there's little call for recycled electronics waste.
- There's never any call for resorting to insults and name-calling.
- Many superhero enthusiasts may have been disheartened by the Superman Returns version and there was not much call for a sequel.
- The team is still under strength but there is some call for optimism.
- There is no call for that type of behavior ever!
- At the secondary level there was hardly any call for history teaching.
- We have no call for herbal or fruit tea around here.
Synonyms need, necessity, occasion, reason, justification, grounds, excuse, pretext cause demand, desire, want, requirement, need market
6usually in singular An order or request for someone to be present. he was delighted that so many former players had heeded the call to attend the conference Example sentencesExamples - Once again, the United States and United Kingdom chose to heed the call to arms together.
- They're likely to ignore any call to a negotiating table.
- He'd been contracted to start in February, but answered a Jockey Club call to come earlier when injuries brought the club to the edge of a jockey shortage.
- The government then jumped into the fray with an unofficial call to arms.
- Christian faith teaches that such a call will not summon us to some vague eternity.
- Each day the calls to prayer are broadcast over loudspeakers for everyone to hear.
- He will start the year at AAA, and at some point in the season will get the call to come to Chicago, if he pitches well enough.
- I thank God that I heeded my wife's call to attend our church's vigil in Ebute Meta.
- The call to return to the battlefield is one heeded by many veterans through the ages.
- It was a shaking in the very depths of the earth, and it was a call to battle.
- 85% of the workforce there did not heed a call to return to work, in spite of an interdict by the Labour Court declaring their strike unprotected.
- We had only completed two laborious circuits when the call to night prayers sounded.
- Dawn commences with the morning call to prayer - broadcast over a loud speaker.
- 6.1 A vocation.
感召;神召 feeling the call to ministry, I started looking for a Bible college Example sentencesExamples - People say I could have gone professional because of my love for football but I believe that in life, each person has his call and vocation.
- Our call to be an informal educator involves commitments to growth and change.
- Peter, an idealistic young Yale graduate, worked as a journalist covering the war in Paris when he felt the call to serve.
- From his first days as Pope he had a strong inner call to be a missionary.
- His call to a culinary career began at a young age.
- She trained as an Infant School Teacher and it was while she was on a retreat for teachers that she felt the call to the religious life.
- 6.2 A powerful force of attraction.
吸引力,魅力 walkers can't resist the call of the Cairngorms 徒步者难以抵挡凯恩戈姆山脉的魅力。 Example sentencesExamples - She accepted, but it was not long before the call of the great outdoors became irresistible once more.
- Today a new generation has taken charge of Labour, a new generation that understands the call of change.
- In the end the call of comedy was too great, and he forged a name for himself on the circuit.
- This government needs the guts to resist the call of the past, and govern for the future.
- Even in an age of mobility, families do their best to gather as extended clans, drawn by the call of Christmas.
- Samantha felt the call of the ocean from her earliest days.
- They could barely resist the call of the forbidden, and the urge was overpowering.
Synonyms attraction, appeal, lure, allure, allurement, fascination, seductiveness magic, beauty, spell, pull, draw
7(in sport) a decision or ruling made by an umpire or other official, traditionally conveyed by a shout, that the ball has gone out of play or that a rule has been breached. he was visibly irritated with the umpire's calls Example sentencesExamples - The South Africans were at the receiving end of at least two bad calls.
- There is no shortage of bad calls during the season, but in the playoffs the importance is magnified.
- We had some calls go against us, we weren't shooting the ball really well, even though we were getting great shots.
- Refs are only human, and they do make calls within the flow of a game.
- They know the home team expects favorable judgments, that they are expected to neutralize bad calls with makeup calls.
- This baseball team has benefited from more bad calls than any team in memory.
- There have been controversial late-game calls in the last two games.
- Hockey very rarely has a glaring officiating error, and the calls made are almost always supported by replay.
- Officials have come under heavy fire the last few weeks in the wake of a couple of controversial calls in the playoffs.
- Why can't each manager have the opportunity to have three close plays reviewed per game in order to have the right calls made?
- In fact, according to coaches, officials are deciding games with reckless calls.
- Some like to see the game played without many calls; some like to call the penalties.
- We all want the calls to be right, and the officials have to feel better knowing they have a safety net beneath them.
- Whereas bad weather, bad calls, and bad luck are completely uncoachable, a lack of discipline can be solved.
- For the first time in his career, he is getting the benefit of the doubt from officials on questionable calls.
- Not having replay is bad, considering the number of botched calls in the average game.
- The NBA reviews game videos to determine whether officials' calls are correct.
- Consistency in the calls from one game to the next should improve.
- It's good for the game when bad calls can be corrected on the field.
- Referees are not going to stop the game to look at foul calls or out-of-bounds rulings.
- 7.1 A decision, judgement, or prediction.
personally, I'm all in favour, but it's your call that entrepreneurial instinct may account for his ability to make tough calls when profits are at stake the two old foes are so evenly matched that it's anyone's call Example sentencesExamples - Like so many others after a few drinks, he made a bad judgment call.
- Your and your spouse's plans for your estate can be identical or entirely dissimilar; it's your call.
- Before you start complaining about why other recruiting services aren't used, that's not my call.
- Once you know what to look for, making the right call will start to come naturally.
- The organization said selecting Los Angeles as their first-ever City of the Year was a pretty easy call.
- No wonder the company didn't invest into 3D, great call.
- They have to make a call in a split second.
- Become fully informed consumers, knowledgeable enough to challenge doctors who make questionable diagnostic calls.
- The first elimination is always a very tough call.
- The PM will make her call on that in her own way.
- I can use the help, but this is my call to make.
- Whether you sell early to cash in on the frenzy or sell later based on concrete information, it's your call, so don't give in to panic.
8Computing A command to execute a subroutine. 〔计算机〕调用,引入(子程序) parameter values may be changed by calls to a special purpose input specification subroutine Example sentencesExamples - One direct method to utilize the kernel is for a process to execute a system call.
- That means, the call to a subroutine must be on its program line rather than somewhere in an expression.
- As shown in the figure, there is a value pushed for each call to the routine.
- To be safe you can use the keyword before any subroutine call even if the subroutine is already defined.
- A code element issues a call to the first routine.
9Finance A demand for payment of lent or unpaid capital. (借款或未付款的)催交 Example sentencesExamples - Conceptually, an overdraft is repayable at call or on demand, whereas a loan is granted for a fixed period of time.
- With potential bank losses barely covered by the European Stability Mechanism's 60 billion euros of bank rescue funds, what might happen when banks admit this can't continue, and loan losses trigger new capital calls?
- The bank could issue the contingent capital component of its planned £7.8 billion capital call as early as this summer, according to debt bankers.
- 9.1Stock Market
short for call option Example sentencesExamples - The rule for creating synthetics is that the strike price and expiration date of the calls and puts must be identical.
- Option traders use calls and puts to hedge risks and exploit volatility.
- Shareholders are still suing Wall Street firms for too-bullish calls.
- Put options should increase in value and calls should drop as the stock price falls.
- By tracking the daily and weekly volume of puts and calls in the U.S. stock market, we can gauge the feelings of traders.
10US as modifier (in a bar, club, etc.) denoting or made with relatively expensive brands of alcohol which customers request by name. try wines by the glass for $5, beer for $3, and call drinks for $8 Compare with well (sense 4 of the noun) Example sentencesExamples - Drinks are pricy for the area, but then I can't remember purchasing a call drink for $6 so I suppose $9-$10 is reasonable?
- Call brand liquors include Absolut Vodka, Seagrams Gin, and Jim Beam.
- The call liquors are the name brand booze that sit up on a shelf for everyone to see.
- You can upgrade to call drinks for an additional $10.
- These different vodka brands can be grouped by their price into three categories: well (the cheapest), call, and premium.
- Some caterers will offer Jim Beam Bourbon as a house/well brand and Jack Daniel's as a call brand.
Phrases(of money lent) repayable on demand. (借出的钱)要求即还的 the net loan outstanding will stand at US $3.4 million, which remains at call
Cause people to notice. 引起人们注意 he is seeking to call attention to himself by his crimes 他正试图用犯罪的方法来使自己受到关注。 Example sentencesExamples - He rarely calls attention to himself, rarely grandstands, but usually does it what it takes to get the job done.
- But I think the part I admire the most is that he did it without really announcing it or calling attention to it.
- Don't say or do anything to call attention to it, and Matt might not even notice.
- Feminist voices critically called attention to the relationship between sexism and male violence.
- Too often in the longer book, the writing calls attention to itself and distracts from the story.
- They also preferred to use behavioral strategies that redirected, rather than called attention to, problem behaviors.
- Sleeveless, short or cap sleeves or tight sleeves call attention to, and display, the arms.
- I yelled out to call attention to what was going on (at the same time wondering how smart I was to get involved).
- In my opinion, it called attention to what Allied forces were up against and might well have inspired them to renewed efforts against a worthy opponent.
- The way they sell new dictionaries is by calling attention to all the new words they've located.
Synonyms publicize, make public, make known, give publicity to, bill, post, announce, broadcast, proclaim, trumpet, shout from the rooftops, give notice of, call attention to, promulgate
Make a phone call reversing the charges. 〈北美〉打由受话人付款的电话 Example sentencesExamples - You could call collect but you had to pay for your calls, either way.
- From countries where toll-free calls are not available, customers are able to call collect.
- You will also have your own phone from which long distance calls can be made by calling collect or using a charge card.
- What do you mean, ‘Why don't I just call collect?‘
- A prison social worker said that prisoners may call collect on pay telephones inside the prison.
- My arrangement with this aunt is that she calls me or if I need to call her I call collect and then she calls me back.
- They charge extra money to inmates who call collect to their families.
- I'm sorry I had to call collect, but I have news.
- Don't accept gifts from strangers or call someone, even if they invite you to call collect.
- You called collect to tell us about your new dog?
call something into (or in) question Cast doubt on something. 怀疑 these findings call into question the legitimacy of the proceedings 这些调查结果使该做法的合法性受到质疑。 Example sentencesExamples - He is furious that his good name has been called into question.
- People are very much offended that their patriotism has been called into question.
- It was the second time that her victory was called into question.
- Integrity is one of the cornerstones upon which reliable journalism is based, and, when it is called into question, we begin to doubt everything we read in newspapers and magazines and see on television.
- The sanity of the captain is called into question.
- But in recent months, the future of the project has been called into question.
- Yet in recent years this victory has been called into question.
- She has filed a civil lawsuit which, of course, calls her motives into question.
- My honesty has been called into question and it has made me look like a criminal.
- Apparently, these concerns had been raised before, even by an outfit whose reliability as a watchdog has been called into question recently.
Synonyms doubt, distrust, mistrust, suspect, lack confidence in, have doubts about, be suspicious of, have suspicions about, have misgivings about, feel uneasy about, feel apprehensive about, cast doubt on, query, question, challenge, dispute, have reservations about
Take the initiative in deciding how something should be done. 指挥,操纵,做决定 we believe in parents and teachers calling the shots Example sentencesExamples - Increasingly in shaping our foreign policy priorities it is the media which calls the shots.
- In return, the new recruits are willing to do anything for the man who calls the shots.
- The taxpayer pays the piper, but the sponsor calls the tune.
- We would love to know, Mr. Prime Minister, since for all practical purposes your Government still calls the shots on this supposedly autonomous corporation.
- It's all about getting the initiative and being in a position to call the shots.
- Interview those who own or manage the media and they will tell you that today it's the readership or viewership that calls the shots.
- He quoted the proverb ‘He who pays the piper, calls the tune, ‘but noted, ‘I think we are very strong on the issue that they mustn't tell us what is good for us.
- In the economy, however, it is always big capital that calls the shots.
- Early on it was unclear who was really calling the shots.
- The car sales staff can chat away all they like to the man about brake, horsepower and top speeds but it's really the woman who calls the shots.
Synonyms be in charge, be in control, be in command, be the boss, be at the helm, be in the driving seat, be at the wheel, be in the saddle, pull the strings, hold the purse strings
call someone/something to mind 1Cause one to think of someone or something, especially through similarity. (尤指通过类似性)使想起 the still lifes call to mind certain of Cézanne's works 这些静物画令人想起塞尚的作品。 Example sentencesExamples - Her work conjures up such a non-factual set of moments that altered states, or dream states are called to mind.
- It's not about these people, but there are things in it that call them to mind.
- But some of the weird writing calls that composer to mind, especially in the more reflective moments of the second movement.
- At other points his guitar work briefly calls organs to mind.
Synonyms evoke, put one in mind of, recall, bring to mind, call up, summon up, conjure up - 1.1with negativeRemember someone or something.
〈古〉感召;敦促 with clause I cannot call to mind where I have seen you 我想不起来在哪里见过你。 Example sentencesExamples - She did not know how long she had been fighting, nor did she wish to call it to mind.
- ‘Honourable Sirs, I have early this morning witnessed a crime of revolting sort’ he paused trying to call the rest to mind.
- Modest, common country garden perennial flowers, both of them, and I'm ashamed to say I simply cannot call their names to mind.
- As we call our lifetime to mind we recognize no unbroken sequence of events, but rather episodes that chart our memory with the markers of ‘before’ and ‘after.’
- As Sigmund Freud suggested long ago, memories are themselves recast every time they are called to mind.
- If you think about somebody you know who's very generous, even if they haven't given to you directly, what does it feel like if you call this person to mind?
- There's doubtless an equally irritating homily about spring-cleaning in the garden, too, but fortunately I can't call it to mind.
- Draco looked pensive as his previous behaviour was called to mind.
- All of us have done things in our lives we'd rather not have done, things that flood us with remorse or pain or embarrassment whenever we call them to mind.
- There's another old adage there, too, but I can't call it to mind just now.
Synonyms remember, recall, recollect, think
call someone/something to order Ask those present at a meeting to be silent so that business may proceed. 要求…保持安静 Randy McGill called the large gathering to order Example sentencesExamples - Scott is now taking the podium to call the audience to order.
- The public hearing for the road closure was called to order although no members of the public had shown up.
- Alex called the board to order, and everyone fell silent.
- I remember nervously calling the meeting to order, wondering what our full day of dialogue would bring.
- I have called the members to order, and I ask them to desist.
- The town crier called the proceedings to order.
- The clang of a gong calls the bilingual sessions to order, and proceedings operate according to a precise set of rules adapted from those of the British Parliament.
- He looked around the room to ensure all his key players were present, then called the meeting to order.
- She sat stiffly in the office chair, like an executive calling a boardroom to order.
- Imagine that the CEO of a major corporation has just called a meeting to order, and one of the board members makes a motion to discuss a proposed acquisition.
don't call us, we'll call you informal Used as a dismissive way of saying that someone has not been successful in an audition or job application. 〈非正式〉请勿来电,我们会通知你(用来拒绝面试或求职失败者) Example sentencesExamples - Thank you, thank you, I've got the picture: don't call us, we'll call you.
- You can't walk five meters in a straight line… don't call us, we'll call you.
- His e-mail read like a ‘thank you for your interest, but don't call us, we'll call you,’ form letter.
- After the first audition there was a two-week period when it was a case of don't call us, we'll call you.
informal Used to express approval (or criticism) of a person's decision or suggestion. 〈非正式〉 用于表示对决定或建议的赞成或批评中,行(或不中、不行) So you asked her to leave? Good call Example sentencesExamples - The decision to keep interest rates unchanged looks like a good call.
- We skipped the D & D 30th Anniversary party in favor of sleep, which was a good call.
- He admitted he was wrong - that he made a bad call.
- He was very agitated and concerned, and on several occasions he said to me it was a very bad call and he obviously realised he had made a very significant error.
- We made a good call early on by not pitting on that first stop and it paid-off.
- Deservedly they both received posthumous Medals of Honor, but the question has to be asked whether it was a good call by their leaders to send two men to almost certain death without being able to provide follow-up support.
- They made a choice to not do that and to take the big fire engine which shaved off a lot of time and it was a good call because they were able to get to me that much sooner.
- We think it would be a bad call politically for her to run in 2004, but what a difference it would make in the race.
- Medical staff deal with a constant flow of difficult decisions and, occasionally, they make what appears to be a bad call.
- The authorities may have made a bad call on some of the cases, but that doesn't give those tenants a constitutional case.
1(of a person) able to be contacted in order to provide a professional service if necessary, but not formally on duty. (人)待命的;随时听命的,随时应召的 your local GP may be on call round the clock 你们当地的全科医生可以24小时应召出诊。 Example sentencesExamples - You have to get up in the middle of the night if you're on call.
- If she is not on duty, she is on call so that she can respond around the clock to patients' needs.
- There is an emergency ski patrol service on call 24 hours a day.
- If a physical exam is to be done the physician on call will be contacted.
- The team is on call 24 hours-a-day, and is trained in resuscitation techniques and how to use live-saving defibrillators.
- Generally, these caregivers work year round with no vacation and are on call 24 hours a day.
- If you work in a global organization, you might be on call 24 hours a day for troubleshooting or consulting.
- Top marks also to all who remained on duty, or on call, over the festive period.
- I am on call today and went in to do my ward round earlier.
- The physicians can work fewer hours, both in the office and on call, and as they are able to delegate many tasks they can provide better services.
Synonyms on duty, on standby, standing by, ready, available 2(of money lent) repayable on demand. (借出的钱)要求即还的 Example sentencesExamples - High cost options such as recalling the loan and converting a term loan to an on-call loan are less preferred choices.
- Keep your loan on call and simply pay off the 3% minimum each month.
Used to describe something that one can genuinely feel belongs to one. 称…为自己所有 I had not an item to call my own 没有一款可被我称为属于自己的。 Example sentencesExamples - We don't have a sofa, a coffee table, a mirror, a desk - not a stick of furniture to call our own.
- The teenagers simply wanted a space to call their own.
- The club is for the youth of the area and the youth group will endeavour to provide a safe environment for them, where they can have fun and a venue to call their own.
- While this dispute continues, Isobel can only wrap up her children up as best she can, and hope that they will soon have a home to call their own.
- On the most frigid day of this year, the restaurant overflows with penniless customers who make a cup of coffee last all day because they don't have a job to go to or a home to call their own.
- There were hundreds of people living along the coastline who suddenly did not have anything to call their own.
- Village youths could be given a place to call their own and to hang out with their friends.
- Numerous extensions and conversions later, they now have a substantial seven-bedroom home, so everyone has a room to call their own.
- Ideally the Youth Club would love to have a place to call their own where they could store equipment and project work.
- The group desperately need premises to call their own, somewhere to store all their equipment, to have freedom of rehearsal times and a place to feel comfortable in.
Near enough to be summoned by calling. 在可被呼叫传唤的范围之内;在附近 she moved into the guest room, within call of her father's room 她搬到她父亲房间附近的客房去了。 Example sentencesExamples - She might call for help if he attempted again as neighbors lived within call.
- He had retired discreetly to the doorway, ready within call should Master need anything.
- How many people may there be in London, who, if we had brought them deviously and blindfolded, to this street, fifty paces from the Station House, and within call of St. Giles's church, would know it for a not remote part of the city in which their lives are passed?
Phrasal Verbscall someone/something down 1Cause or provoke someone or something to appear or occur. 使出现,引发 nothing called down the wrath of Nemesis quicker 没什么能更快地激起复仇女神的愤怒了。 Example sentencesExamples - The best architects have always understood that we can call down divine fire, focus community, make a place for home.
- His Religion within the Boundaries of Pure Reason (1793) called down on him the censure of the government.
- The poems were gathered together in a volume called The British Album, and they were deemed disturbing enough to call down several satirical attacks.
- In some cases, you'll find yourself in the midst of a pitched battle from which you can call down any number of WMDs.
- All I can think about is what a failure I am and that I am disobeying God and calling his wrath down on me.
- It was a way of calling down the judgment of God if the words spoken were false.
- For many of the villagers, if Allah can be called down into the human world, so can the spirits of the dead.
- The murder of a stranger who entered somebody's house for shelter would call down the anger of the gods.
he called down Clarence Drum about being so high and mighty Example sentencesExamples - She was a good student, and she couldn't figure out why she was called down.
- When she got carried away and started to show genuine anger and aggression, the Captain called her down.
- Who do these holier-than-thou types think they are, calling me down?
- When Joyce gets paranoid about his talent as a writer, he takes it out on Nora, throwing her past in her face and calling her down for being married before.
- They sat down and everyone started asking Katrina what she was called down for.
Synonyms reprimand, rebuke, admonish, chastise, chide, upbraid, reprove, reproach, scold, remonstrate with, berate, take to task, pull up, castigate, lambaste, read someone the riot act, give someone a piece of one's mind, haul over the coals, lecture, criticize, censure
desperate times call for desperate measures 危时需峻法。 Example sentencesExamples - The alleged plan called for the two men to pretend that he was a hostage.
- The production schedule would call for filming a total of 100 episodes in just two years.
- This condition calls for urgent medical attention at any time of the day or night.
- FBI policy calls for an investigation whenever an agent fires a weapon.
- Where safety calls for drastic measures such as bollards to be installed, then fixed bollards should be the method used.
- I think a sense of proportion is called for here.
- It calls for tough and focussed decisions and no soft and vague measures.
- It does not necessarily call for a large investment to implement it.
- This is a sensitive area which I must draw to your attention and feel it calls for some action before it causes more distress.
- Desperate times such as these call for the celebration of small victories such as this.
Synonyms require, need, necessitate, make necessary, demand 2Publicly ask for or demand. 呼吁,公开要求 the report calls for an audit of endangered species 该报告呼吁对濒危物种进行查核。 Example sentencesExamples - The report calls for a dramatic restructuring of how aid is allotted in the region.
- The US way is to call for stricter laws, harsher conditions and longer sentences.
- It calls for the National Audit Office to conduct an urgent scrutiny of the value for money tests.
- The companies also called for more transparency and for limits on surveillance.
- The President called for $10 million to be spent on researching violent media as well as its correlation to gun violence.
- Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch issued separate statements calling for more government action to protect lives.
- The report also called for more research on fluoride and the implications for child health.
- The basic issues were all spelled out, even before the Security Council resolution calling for a land-for-peace settlement.
- Senate Democrats also pointed out that they had been calling for a bipartisan conference for months, a request that had been brushed off by House Republicans.
- Councilman Kenney, among others, called for a review of the city's demolition application and inspection process.
Synonyms require, need, necessitate, make necessary, demand 3Stop to collect (someone) at the place where they are living or working. 在某人住处(或工作单位)接(某人) I'll call for you around seven 我大约7点钟来接你。 Example sentencesExamples - A new house and a new friend: he called for me and said he would show me around.
- He had a friend call for him at his office and together they walked to the coffee house.
- I called for you so we could meet the man that Karl referred to as his friend.
- She was discovered by a neighbour who called for her on the way to Sunday Mass.
- When her friends knocked at the door to call for her, her mum became frantic with worry.
- A car would call for her at four o'clock on Friday.
- He called for me at my hotel and took me to the beach after dawn next morning.
- I will call for you tonight at 6.30.
- I will call for you at three.
Synonyms pick up, collect, fetch, come to get, go to get, come for 4Predict or describe (the likely weather conditions) for a period of time in the future. the forecast is calling for more rain they're calling for temperatures in the 80s for the rest of the week Example sentencesExamples - Weather forecasts called for heavy rains July 12 in Indianapolis, thanks to the remnants of Hurricane Dennis.
- They're calling for a wintry mix, which should be just lovely!
- Forecasters are calling for a storm surge of between 6 and 14 feet for Eleuthera and Grand Bahama Islands.
- They are calling for 6-12 inches total by tomorrow morning in the far northern Chicago suburbs.
- Here in Chicago, they are calling for some cold temperatures and snow for the next two days, all of which has me making plans to stay inside all weekend long.
- They're calling for a high of 43 in Park City and 50 in Salt Lake.
- After a few weeks, with the weather outlook not calling for any snow for the foreseeable future, I went ahead and swapped back to the summer tires.
- Although the weather forecast called for rain, the weather was great throughout the whole race.
- The weather in Banff unexpectedly changed to warm, but the forecast is calling for cold and snow for the weekend.
- The forecast called for more rain through the day Sunday, which could hamper rescuers trying to reach all of the far-flung areas that have been affected.
- Egads the weather forecast for Friday is calling for snow.
Elicit a specified response. 引起反应 few things call forth more compassion 没什么可以激起更大的同情。 Example sentencesExamples - The rise of essentially trivial pastimes should not call forth a moral panic.
- Her memory is astounding, calling forth an endless stream of anecdotes.
- The situations she chooses make for dramatic scenarios that call forth genuine emotional responses.
- Sometimes even the most harmless remark about America would call forth very sharp replies from him.
- The setting and circumstances on the island call forth the ideas of departure, regret, and the allure of the superficial.
- Lower manning levels have called forth the need for more flexible job descriptions so that fewer employees can cover all the previous jobs.
- Today, many of the jokes are dated, but the raucous satirical tone still hits a nerve and calls forth countless contemporary associations.
- This was the use of psychology in economics that, when it was employed by Proudhon, called forth a rebuke from Marx!
- To any professional pianist the name Maurice Hinson calls forth a number of images: meticulous scholar, prolific author, inspiring lecturer.
- A meal high in carbs calls forth a rush of insulin which can overshoot the required amount, lowering blood glucose too much, making you hungry again.
Enlist someone's aid or services. 谋求帮助(或服务) you can either do the work yourself or call in a local builder to help you Example sentencesExamples - She's called in the government to do more to stop unscrupulous companies selling prescription drugs on the Internet.
- Extra firefighters were called in as the fire spread.
- The National Criminal Intelligence Service has been called in, along with a Metropolitan Police team specialising in tracking down fugitives.
- Experts from The Pigeon Control Advisory Service were called in two years ago and visited the town again just before Christmas.
- Lt. Murphy calls him in on cases that don't seem to make any sense.
- When the government needs them at times like this, they pick up the phone and they call them in.
- Said James, the policewoman assigned to the case promised to call on them late Sunday afternoon.
- Normally we are called in to provide an emergency service.
- Law enforcement authorities discovered lab equipment and other "suspicious" material in the house, and then called in the FBI.
- A company can call her in for a morning to measure up its sales staff, or a group of colleagues can book her for a couple of hours.
- A local referee was called in to inspect the pitch at 12.30 pm and deemed it unplayable.
Synonyms call, call for, call in, summon, ask to come, request, request the attendance of, request the presence of, order, contact, fetch
Require payment of a loan or promise of money. 要求付清贷款(或所允诺的钱) the bank would call in loans and foreign donations Example sentencesExamples - Bolivia was told that if coca production didn't cease entirely by 2000, aid packages would stop and the loans would be called in.
- His biggest lender had just called in its loan.
- The bank was on the brink of calling in the debt.
- Our losses were so high that our loans were called in.
- Such a loss, it is argued, would prompt America's creditors to start calling in the debt.
- Our social club owed the brewery money and they were calling it in.
- Workers who took out preferential loans to buy cars will be badly hit if their loans are called in by the firm's liquidators.
- Others blame the owners of established resorts, who may have pressed banks to call in loans to their red-hot competitor.
- His employer, hearing of his speeches, sacked him as his steward and called in unpaid debts.
- The only circumstances in which they could call in all outstanding debts would be in the event of their own disbandment.
call someone/something off Order a person or dog to stop attacking someone. 命令(人,狗)停止攻击 Gunda pleaded with him to call the dog off Example sentencesExamples - The hounds were called off, regrouped and the oldest hunt in England set off on a new trail.
- The dogs wanted to follow, but Maria called them off.
- ‘Call your dog off,’ Lucy said calmly.
- Its owners were watching my dog attack their horse, while I was trying to call her off.
- The government called off helicopters sent to attack the rebel militia, averting a threatened rebel offensive.
- The Italian attack was called off, and it was time to move against France, so I resumed control of my unit and ordered it to Burgundy.
- He stood and watched while the dogs attacked and made no attempt to call them off.
- She grabbed my throat, but before she could act further, the woman behind her called her off with a harsh, ‘Stop!’
- He called off the attackers.
Cancel an event or agreement. 取消 they held a ballot on whether to call off industrial action Example sentencesExamples - Jack momentarily considers calling off the wedding but eventually slinks back to LA with his tail between his legs.
- They were surprised to find that the strike had been called off and that an agreement had been struck supporting a two-tier wage.
- As the friends argue, other problems surface: Ian's doubts about his impending wedding, which his friends urge him to call off.
- But the final deal was never done and last month negotiations were called off.
- Just four days before the event was due to take place the Village Business Association called it off.
- The firm called off takeover talks last November because the price discussed was not satisfactory.
- An Army spokesman said that due to ‘unforeseen circumstances’ the event had been called off indefinitely.
- But their protest was called off while they waited on the results of negotiations with the union representative at Fawley.
- Unfortunately, we had a lot of bad weather recently and an extraordinary amount of games were called off.
- Within hours of calling off the deal, however, he was working to make the same idea happen, this time as a private company.
Synonyms cancel, abandon, shelve, scrap, drop, mothball
1Pay a visit to (someone) 拜访 he's planning to call on Katherine today 他打算今天拜访凯瑟琳。 Example sentencesExamples - He then calls on Eustacia, asking her to marry him.
- She also called on her legislator during her brief visit to capital.
- Half a dozen or so guests are coming to call on me and maybe extend it to a visit in a few day's time.
- John calls on Mrs. Jennings, and after his visit, he goes on a walk with Elinor.
- He called on me during his last visit to Accra and we discussed varied issues relating to Africa.
- Thereafter I made it a point to call on him on all my visits to Delhi.
- Anyone visiting a friend or acquaintance is expected to call on everyone they know in the same neighborhood.
- The policewoman assigned to the case promised to call on them late Sunday afternoon.
- He visited a Kyoto temple, called on a professor from his alma mater in Kyoto and paid tribute to a Japanese author.
- We were living in Switzerland, and Toni would call on us whenever he visited the country.
Synonyms visit, pay a visit to, pay a call on, go and see, look in on we are able to call on academic staff with a wide variety of expertise 我们可向有广博专业知识的学者求助。 Example sentencesExamples - It was all very new to us all and called on all our skills.
- Schools that need a helping hand will be able to call on volunteers to help in their activities.
- Under the proposals, a senior nurse would then be able to call on more staff at short notice than is possible at present.
- United called on all their reserves of energy and battled back to equalise just before full time.
- He'll be calling on those hard-earned inner resources often in this sport.
- But Kelvin will be able to call on some family history to help him play the role.
- Now her dad is calling on her musical talents to keep his customers in good spirits on December 11.
- He will be able to call on the multinational forces, if he deems it necessary to have them deal with a problem.
- A great many collectors from the upper aristocracy or rich middle classes called on her skill.
- The largest part of the market remains untapped since most companies prefer to handle their own security issues, rather than calling on external forces.
Synonyms have recourse to, avail oneself of, turn to, draw on, look to, make use of, use, utilize, bring into play - 2.1with infinitiveDemand that (someone) do something.
〈古〉感召;敦促 he called on the government to hold a vote 他要求政府举行公民投票。 Example sentencesExamples - PC Hopson, who is spearheading the scheme to educate drinkers in the city, called on them to take sensible precautions.
- Bosses are calling on their staff to get fit and healthy.
- She called on the council to employ someone, even for two or three days a week, to look after the cemetery.
- Tenants have called on their neighbours and staff to write to their local MP voicing their concerns.
- Farmers are urging the public to sign a petition calling on the Government to tighten controls on illegal imports.
- It does not advocate cash hand-outs to farmers, but instead calls on the Government to adopt a more understanding approach to agriculture.
- Many of them had called on him to step down.
- I call on you to stop any protest against progress in the peace process.
- She is calling on those in power to stop preaching hatred.
- Now residents are calling on local representatives to demand that ramps should be installed on the road.
Synonyms appeal to, ask, request, apply to, petition
call someone out 〈古〉向…挑战要求进行决斗 1Summon someone to deal with an emergency or to do repairs. (尤指为处理紧急事件或做修理而)召唤某人 patients are to be told to stop calling doctors out unnecessarily at night Example sentencesExamples - The school would make headlines six years later, when the Governor called out the Arkansas National Guard to prevent its integration.
- I've had to call the police out a couple of times, and the problem has been and gone over the years, depending on her medication.
- When veterinarian Gail McCarthy is called out to the scene there isn't much she can do.
- Last month we had to call the doctor out because the stress of all this had sent Hilary's muscles into spasm.
- The emergency doctor was called out at 2.15am.
- The police call out their elite strike force and the fuzz tour the resort for a little evidence tampering.
- No need to call out the royal guard; all parties are declared not guilty and are free to go.
- Any time there was an emergency, Gus could be called out and his wife and daughters had to fend for themselves.
- So, to beat the system, I've requested that we call the electrician out again.
- The cracks were discovered last month after the gas company was called out to deal with an emergency pipe leak.
2Order or advise workers to strike. 命令(或建议)工人罢工 Example sentencesExamples - Union members in London are now demanding that they are called out to join the selective action within the next two weeks.
- The rank and file have been 100 percent solid whenever they have been called out.
- About 10,000 members at the bank's branches and call centers around the UK had been called out, a spokesman for the union said.
- Nevertheless many of these workers did come out on the national days of action or when local unions called them out, and they solidarised with those who were on strike.
- The Fire Brigades Union called its 50,000 members out on strikes last November.
- Workers on London's Docklands Light Railway were called out on strike for 24 hours from 6.30 pm on March 25.
- Splinter groups of communists and Trotskyists fought for supremacy on the shop floor, calling workers out on strike and typifying the industrial travails of the time.
- ‘We'd have torn up our NUJ cards if they called us out on strike,’ said another.
- We urge the CWU not to call our people out on strike action, which can only hurt our customers.
- Unison members in colleges were in disbelief that they had not been called out alongside members of other unions.
3Draw critical attention to someone's unacceptable actions or behaviour. people were calling him out for his negative comments Dan had called her out on a couple of contradictions in her story she called him on his claim that the media were doing a bad job of covering the economy Example sentencesExamples - Larry didn't call her out on anything during the interview either.
- The 84-year-old stopped short of apologising for calling Katy out for being late, but said she was sorry if it made her more upset during that sad time.
- The pay's good, and hardly anyone will call you on your decisions when you're wrong.
- He essentially just called the team out for being lazy.
- It's time for audiences to call them out on their hypocrisy and demand better representations of diversity.
- You are the one that keeps twisting what you're saying whenever you are called out on it.
- Rip the cloak of secrecy off abuse and openly call out every abuser by name; perhaps some real change would begin.
- I'm one of those moms that will question their children about things that don't make sense, and call them out on their lies.
- She gets the whole house riled up, then walks away like nothing happened, and nobody calls her on it.
- These bystanders can help mitigate abuse by calling out bullies.
4Challenge someone to a duel. 〈古〉向…挑战要求进行决斗 Example sentencesExamples - Steve told Clarence that I called him out, but that he wouldn't fight me.
- I'll call him out and we'll settle this once and for all.
- Your princess was well within her rights to call him out to duel.
- When he is called out to fight a duel, Boris cannot pull the trigger.
- I'm pretty sure they each would have stepped up to the challenge if the other had called them out.
Read out a list of names to determine those present. 〈旧〉点名 a gentleman proceeded to call over the names of the jury Example sentencesExamples - Under the new Act for regulating the trial of controverted elections, you will, in the discharge of your duty, call over the names in the alphabetical list of Members.
- Charles Mansfield, our third lieutenant, came on deck, and called the list over.
- It has been the practice of the House of Commons, on occasions of sufficient importance, to order that the House be called over at a future day.
- In calling over the list every name is repeated, although three-fourths or more of the boys, whose names are called over, are present.
call someone up 〈古〉向…挑战要求进行决斗 I have a list of people to call up in the morning Example sentencesExamples - When I can't get my email, I call them up on the phone and they explain exactly what's wrong and when they expect it to be fixed.
- He stalks her, following her to the church where she does volunteer work, and even calls her up anonymously on the telephone.
- Sensing the rarity of the animal, Meshram closed the door and immediately called up fire brigade personnel.
- I'd found her number in the phone book and called her up on the chance that she'd meet me.
- I called Liv up on the phone, and we agreed to meet down by the lake.
- When you call up Customer Care, you just get pathetic responses which won't take you anywhere.
- The phone hasn't stopped ringing with people calling me up to say how wonderful it looks.
- I called up Customer Care again and they promised me a free replacement by tomorrow evening.
- He may have even called up Katy to help console him, but that doesn't mean they hooked up.
- A pollster selects a random sample of voters, calls them up on the telephone, and asks who the respondent would vote for if the election were being held today.
Synonyms phone, telephone, get on the phone to, get someone on the phone, dial, make a call to, place a call to, get, reach phone, telephone, call, get on the phone to, get someone on the phone, dial, make a call to, place a call to, get, reach 2Summon someone to serve in the army. 征召…服兵役 they have called up more than 20,000 reservists 他们已经征召了2万多名预备役军人。 Example sentencesExamples - He was called up for the Army in 1939 and served in France during the war, and later in the Middle East.
- Then the government started conscription and I was called up.
- His 19-year-old brother Aidan is also in the army and is currently waiting to see if he is called up to serve in the Gulf.
- What if there were a reinstatement of the draft and you were called up?
- While fishing, Fred asks the bartender if he will go to war when they call up the old men.
- Before becoming a teacher he was called up to do National Service and served in Germany.
- Chuck receives a letter calling him up to the army and refuses to serve.
- Only a year later Doug was called up to serve in the Royal Marines, while Betty went on to serve in the Army.
- She was a member of the Territorial Army when she was called up to serve in the last conflict.
- When World War 1 broke out he was called up for the army.
- 2.1Select someone to play in a team, especially at a higher level of competition.
he was called up for the international against Turkey 他入选了对土耳其队的国际比赛。 Example sentencesExamples - In all honesty I hope the FO doesn't call up Bryant or Baez next season.
- He was called up and scored a century on his debut.
- After a stint in Hartford, he is called up to the big team.
- The worst-case scenario with Crosby is that the organization calls him up anyway, and the Tigers lose lots of games.
- ‘We called him up as the 17th player,’ the team manager said.
- Romario knows that if Brazil do not find a consistent goalscorer soon, then the pressure to call him up will mount.
- Ainsworth is the best of the three, and if he mows down Pacific Coast League hitters, the team will be tempted to call him up.
- If he doesn't make the Olympic team, there's a good chance the Cubs will call him up in September.
- Though she lost her debut matches, the tennis player hopes she will be called up to play for the senior team in the future.
- My point is, the Rays aren't afraid to call up their young guys.
1Summon for use something that is stored or kept available. 征用 icons which allow you to call up a graphic 允许你调出图形的图符。 Example sentencesExamples - Onscreen icons launch programs with a click, and a movable tool bar calls up menus listing everyday programs.
- To make matters worse, online links to sites offering more information simply called up error pages.
- Detailed maps can be called up on screens and geographical intelligence deployed to officers.
- Digitally-enabled sports fans can select particular camera angles, or call up on-screen menus containing all kinds of background nuggets.
- Greg calls up the webpage and gets the tech support number.
- It predicts what data the program is going to need next and calls it up ahead of time, storing the received but as-yet-unrequired data in main memory.
- Once the customer has made a decision, the salesman calls up a three-dimensional image on his computer screen.
- So I called up my credit file and went through all 40 pages of it.
- Its details are logged on a card which the user takes away and the horse's details can be called up to be raced when the card is inserted into a machine.
- She calls up the XML version of the document in a structured editor on the left of the browser window.
- 1.1Evoke something.
〈喻〉使人想起 the imaginative intensity with which he called up the Devon landscape 他想起德文郡风景时的想象激情。 Example sentencesExamples - ‘Home for the holidays’ is an often-used phrase this time of year, calling up images of friends and family gathered together to celebrate old traditions.
- While no, I can't say that I've seen this exact storyline unfold before, I can say that it never stops calling up memories of other shows.
- The metaphor calls up a vision of the artist's studio as the site of learning and experimentation.
- The proposal is steeped in the language of agricultural protection, calling up images of an agriculture frozen in time.
- The vegan diet usually calls up images of austerity and abstention.
- Kearney began now to call up a vision in the future, as a moment before he had called up one of the past.
- The opening movement, for flute and strings, calls up the lonely hills.
- Nostalgia sells; people love to listen to music that calls those memories up.
OriginLate Old English ceallian, from Old Norse kalla 'summon loudly'. Call appears in Late Old English from an Old Norse root, but recall ‘call back’ does not appear until the late 16th century. To call the shots or call the tune is to dictate how something should be done. Call the tune is a shortening of he who pays the piper calls the tune, only recorded from the late 19th century. Call the shots, not recorded before the 1920s, is from sports and games. In pool to call your shots is to say in advance which ball you intend to hit into which pocket. In target shooting it means to announce which part of the target you are going to hit; if someone else calls the shots you have to aim at the bit they choose.
Rhymesall, appal (US appall), awl, Bacall, ball, bawl, befall, Bengal, brawl, caul, crawl, Donegal, drawl, drywall, enthral (US enthrall), fall, forestall, gall, Galle, Gaul, hall, haul, maul, miaul, miscall, Montreal, Naipaul, Nepal, orle, pall, Paul, pawl, Saul, schorl, scrawl, seawall, Senegal, shawl, small, sprawl, squall, stall, stonewall, tall, thrall, trawl, wall, waul, wherewithal, withal, yawl Definition of call in US English: callverbkôlkɔl 1with object and complement Give (an infant or animal) a specified name. 给(婴儿,动物)取名 they called their daughter Hannah 他们给女儿取名为汉娜。 Example sentencesExamples - The winning name was provided by John from New Norfolk who suggested calling the bird ‘Reggie’.
- The angel who appeared to both Mary and Joseph told them to call their son Jesus.
- Morel gives birth to their third child, whom she calls Paul.
- After being stunned by the spring flowers she saw in the park while she was pregnant, she decided to call her daughter Bluebell.
- Daisy, as we called the goat, would hate to be separated from her lambs and it was woe betide any dog that came near them.
- When my husband and I were first married we had a cat we called Wanda.
- They called the baby Joseph Patrick and he was christened in the Holy Family Church.
- 1.1be called Have a specified name.
叫做,名为 a 1942 mystery called Time To Kill Example sentencesExamples - Grant aided, or publicly funded, housing used to be called council housing.
- There is an extremely popular family restaurant in Bandra called Papa Pancho.
- The other piece of equipment is a device called a hydrometer, which measures alcoholic strength.
- The criteria that SRI funds use to make socially responsible investments are called screens.
- One of my favourite games is called Hangman.
- Performance poetry of this kind is called dub poetry.
- "No," said Sally, "she's called Vicky."
- His last book was called, "The Death of Outrage."
- The two gentlemen of Verona are best friends called Valentine and Proteus.
- The most common allergen in soy is called trypsin inhibitor.
- This method is called the shareholder value approach.
- It was not until 1978 that individuals in the United States started showing signs of what would later be called AIDS.
- This game is called "Mighty No.9".
- What worked best for us was a book called Choosing Colours by Kevin McCloud, of Grand Designs fame.
- Perhaps the most well known type of Venezuelan music is a rhythm called the joropo.
- Nowadays, little would be thought of such a situation, but in the 1940's, "living in sin" as it was called, was looked on askance.
- In the mid-1700s, when it was first recognized in sheep, the disease was called scrapie, because suffering animals tended to rub their skins raw.
- I did write an article for the Pleasantville High School newspaper, which I think was called The Panther.
- The French system combining sports and studies is called "sport etude."
- 1.2 Address or refer to (someone) by a specified name, title, endearment, or term of abuse.
(用具体名字、头衔、昵称或虐称)称呼,指称;谈到(某人) 请叫我露西。 if he remains quiet she calls him a wimp Example sentencesExamples - She calls him brother and chastises him for speaking so sternly to her.
- One hasn't bothered to learn my name and just calls me ‘Rooney’.
- What would Kris think if he'd heard her calling him that?
- Though Rebekah is my name, everybody calls me Bekah.
- It is a good idea to call people by names they recognise and find acceptable.
- She continues, calling me by my first name again… ‘I have a favour to ask you, but am not sure how you will react.’
- The chancellor of the exchequer calls the prime minister a liar.
- Let's analyze the stupidity of your comment to Jack below, where you called him a loser.
- The name he calls me is actually not that different from my own.
- He almost never calls me by my name, and when he does it's Nicolas.
- I never wanted to have that prefix attached to my name and have everyone calling me Sir Edward, so I went to university and became a professor.
- He developed an adorable habit of calling me by my name in every sentence, which was somehow madly endearing.
- I heard one girl called her a 'tomboy'.
- The reporter called her a "good-looking, smart, gin-drinking suburbanite."
- I have no idea what his Christian name was and he called me Master Charles.
- One of my co-workers still calls me the wrong name almost every time he sees me.
- It immediately caught my attention that she had called my mother by her maiden name.
- Well, my name is Katrina Chestler, but everyone calls me Katie.
- She and Dennis had talked around the checkout counter and she'd gotten Dennis's last name wrong, calling him Lewis, and it stuck for some reason.
Synonyms name, title, entitle, dub, designate, term, address, label, tag - 1.3 Refer to, consider, or describe (someone or something) as being.
把…称作;认为…是;把…算作;把…描述成 he's the only person I would call a friend 他是惟一我称之为朋友的人。 Example sentencesExamples - Since then, he has entered what you might call a rough patch.
- I'm not very good at what you might call the real world, the business world.
- To the north, in Baltimore, officials are calling this the worst flood in recent memory.
- Whether it is what you might call professional misconduct may be another matter.
- ‘Keep up the fight,’ fellow fans urged in their e-mails, calling the boy an inspiration.
- The Ancient Greeks called that hubris and considered it a flaw of human character.
- That's one of the reasons why I get so angry when people call all this ‘right-wing’.
- They have argued that the amendments should not be considered, calling them new complaints that violate the one-year ban.
- U.S. officials are calling this a success.
- Call it crazy but I remember that first time you smiled at me.
- But a senior U.S. defense official calls the peace plan a face-saving gesture for everybody.
- Call me crazy, but this doesn't seem like a tough question.
- It was the kind of love that people often call unconditional, and I know what they mean.
- Airline officials are calling the attack a suicide attempt.
- One diplomat calls it probably the poorest and most corrupt country in Europe.
- My book has inspired some people to call me a socialist or communist or un-American.
- Museum officials are calling this the largest cultural project in the city's history.
- The organisation is said to be pinning its hopes on the House of Lords intervening and calling the strike ‘unlawful’.
- For five nights, we were on what you might call a floating hotel.
- It's all part of what the American ambassador here calls the pope's moral megaphone.
Synonyms describe as, regard as, look on as, consider to be, judge to be, think of as, class as, categorize as
2with object Cry out (a word or words) 大声说(单词,话) he heard an insistent voice calling his name 他听到一个声音不停地叫着他的名字。 Meredith was already calling out a greeting 梅雷迪思已经在大声地打着招呼。 Example sentencesExamples - Standing up, I cupped my hands around my mouth, raising my voice before calling out his name.
- Rina dropped to her knees and cradled her older sister in her arms, calling out her name in a pained voice.
- He started screaming his head off, calling out horrible words.
- One day I found myself running home from the bus stop, calling out goodbyes to Tracy and Brian.
- He didn't hear the bright, girlish voice calling out his name again and again until his caller stood right before him.
- He then scrambled down to the rudder to steer from there, but not before calling out a kind word to the deck below.
- Jennifer blew kisses to visiting reporters and called out "hi, hi."
- Instead of calling the words, I read them the letter.
- As we followed the hostess to our table, I heard a familiar voice from the kitchen calling out orders.
- Looking around into the darkness she could still hear the voice calling out her name.
- Madison makes her way out the door, calling goodbye to Robert over her shoulder.
- I made out the voice of the PA announcer calling out the name of a batter.
- Kyra smiled and noticed everyone, pointing and waving at her, while calling out words of good luck.
- A voice broke through the silence, calling out her name.
- People with clipboards buzzed among them, calling out names, ticking off lists, leading them inside one by one to consulting rooms.
- You might think I have a lot of nerve calling out this word.
- There was banging in the background and angry voices calling out her name.
- She turned to face the ranks behind her and called words she had been waiting to speak for a very long time.
Synonyms cry out, cry, shout, yell, sing out, whoop, bellow, roar, halloo, bawl, scream, shriek, screech - 2.1 Cry out to (someone) in order to summon them or attract their attention.
呼喊(某人);喊,叫 she heard Terry calling her 她听到特里在叫她。 no object I distinctly heard you call 我清楚地听到你的喊叫。 Example sentencesExamples - As Natalie and I went into the lobby, we heard someone calling us.
- Suddenly, a voice was calling out to him, coming from below.
- I turned around and ran, but stopped on the stairs when he called after me.
- As she started to leave the office, Max called after her.
- After all, she had managed well enough the previous night, and calling a servant may draw attention to her presence.
- Estelle drifted off into an uneasy slumber and was awakened sometime during the late night by a low voice calling out to her.
- Rose could hear Laurie calling her, but she didn't turn back.
- One afternoon in 1999, I was dozing when I heard my maternal grandmother calling me.
- She looked round to catch the bartender's attention, but didn't call him over.
- Another very old man was heard, calling the young boy back.
- Camped in the hills not far from her own house last summer, she even heard her uncle's voice calling out for her.
- The old gal called me over to the director's chair they always had for her on the set.
- The cat heard me call and ran up to me.
- We waited in silence and fear for a huge customs agent to call us over.
- As they were walking, Brooke heard someone calling her, and paused to see who it was.
Synonyms cry out, cry, shout, yell, sing out, whoop, bellow, roar, halloo, bawl, scream, shriek, screech - 2.2no object (of an animal, especially a bird) make its characteristic cry.
(动物,尤指鸟)叫,鸣,啼 overhead, a skylark called Example sentencesExamples - The horses in the paddocks were whinnying and nickering, and our mares called out in response.
- The wolves were calling again, at about 4:45 a.m.
- So next time the sun is shining and the birds are calling, go outside to broaden your exercise routine.
- At one exciting moment, several kiwis were calling loudly only a few feet above us on a hillside, but they never came into view.
- Parents and kids alike will enjoy the sounds of a crackling campfire at dusk and of birds calling as the sun rises.
- An owl called from down near the river.
- For one instant, he thought it was another monkey calling from one of the many trees nearby.
- The birds all took flight calling in panic and monkeys leapt and ran screaming in every direction.
- As she lies in bed one night, she is overjoyed to hear the monkeys call from the young forest.
- When you hear a pack of wolves calling, you don't pay attention to anything else.
- The birds kept calling as they shuffled about, and I tried my best to let the sound sink into my brain.
- A cuckoo called from faraway, a greater spotted woodpecker hammered out an urgent tattoo.
- He enjoyed the way the wind swept over his head and the birds called out in song.
- The large, long-billed birds returned, calling loudly.
- Birds called to each other from all around, and she felt her heart swell in return.
- Here, the air vibrates with the sound of booming waves and dancing, swooping birds calling to each other through the eddying gusts of Atlantic wind.
- Crossing the gate, I could hear a sheep calling from behind some bushes.
- He heard his own breathing, and the birds calling from one of the distant jungles.
- 2.3 Shout out or chant (the steps and figures) to people performing a square dance or country dance.
向跳方形舞(或乡村舞)的人喊出(舞步) Example sentencesExamples - Listen to the music and of course, listen to the leader calling the steps.
- The Squire leads the side and calls the figures of the dances from within the set.
- Calling the figures as the dance progressed was not an American invention as is often claimed.
- The caller walks everyone through the dance moves, and continues calling the steps until they are familiar enough so that the dancers do not need to have them repeated.
- One lady in our group said that she would be traveling all the way to Fremont, Ohio in large part because Karen will be calling the dance there.
- 2.4Bridge Make (a particular bid) during the auction.
〔桥牌〕叫(牌) 她的搭档叫六黑桃。 Example sentencesExamples - Then the next player calls, and so on until all cards have been called.
- A bid can only be overcalled by calling a lower card of the same suit as the original bid.
- So the bidding is won by whoever is prepared to call the lowest card.
- Betting then commences in a poker style manner, until the bet has been called.
- If a joker is turned up the dealer may pick it up and call anything trump.
- 2.5North American informal Claim (a privilege) for oneself, typically by shouting out a particular word or set phrase.
I call first dibs on the bathroom Example sentencesExamples - Let the creative juices flow when you pick out your props; I call dibs on the unicorn horn.
- "I call front seat by the window," he yelled to Simon as they raced toward the car.
- To be honest, I'm stunned that Ned didn't call dibs first.
- When we were picked for the same team, I was quick to call shortstop.
- Let's go play kickball. I call first up!
- Meet us at the jump ropes. Delores and I call first up!
- “I call front seat,” one of the kids will shout out.
3with object Contact or attempt to contact (a person or number) by phone. 我可以给你回个电话吗? at the first sign of heart-attack symptoms call 911 immediately Example sentencesExamples - I snapped out of it, and picked up the old fashioned telephone to call my sister.
- Already angered, Dawes becomes furious all the more when Clara calls Paul on the telephone.
- To avoid giving himself away, he used public telephones and telephones at work to call the old couple.
- He just gave us his personal number and we called him when we needed him.
- People, like the man whose apartment didn't have a door, can call the 800 number for help at any time.
- I pride myself in either taking the call or calling the person back within an hour.
- When I called the number on the company's website, the CEO picked up the phone.
- To the caller, it is no different to calling any other telephone number.
- Actually, I know a lot of people who are apprehensive about calling people they don't know on the telephone.
- I miss calling you to hear the latest in your life.
- I picked up the phone this evening and called him; we chatted for over an hour and it was like we'd last spoken yesterday.
- And if that's not bad enough, now I've got telephone solicitors calling me for charity donations.
- Two weeks later I hadn't heard back so I called her but she'd changed her mind.
- I'll call you tonight via telephone and we can decide where we're eating for dinner.
- I'll call you back soon.
- I think about 90% of the time I know who's calling me when the phone rings.
- I have never met my father and finally called him on the telephone about two years ago for the first time.
- So I had to go find a telephone and call the director so that she would come down and escort me in.
- I could have just called him back by dialing the number on the call ID on my cell phone.
- The member of the family who has accompanied her is shown how to use the dial phone to call us.
Synonyms phone, telephone, get on the phone to, get someone on the phone, dial, make a call to, place a call to, get, reach - 3.1 Summon (something, especially an emergency service or a taxi) by telephone.
用电话召唤(某事物,尤指紧急服务或出租车) her husband called an ambulance Example sentencesExamples - Bessie tells Jane that she fell sick and was crying, and that was why the doctor was called.
- If you are on your own, make other arrangements, such as calling a taxi.
- You can help stamp out damage to our buses by calling Lewisham police if you recognise these two youths.
- He attacked his father's car, and police who were called to the scene had to use CS spray to overcome him.
- The Welsh Air Ambulance was called to the scene, but was unable to land nearby because of woodland in the area.
- Police, who were called in by the ambulance service, said no-one had been arrested.
- Around eight police cars were called to one of the drinking establishments to what must have been a major incident.
- He said the Essex Air Ambulance was called but was unable to attend.
- Officers from Greater Manchester Police and British Transport Police were both called to the scene.
- She said she ran down to the station and made the report and the police called the ambulance that took him to the hospital.
- At one stage a police van was called to the street to attend to a different property.
- The woman in the museum reception was kind enough to call a cab.
- Police and ambulance were called to the scene where the cyclist was treated for multiple injuries.
- Do not allow yourself or anyone else to become dangerously ill before calling a doctor or going to a hospital.
- The Group Leader called the Ambulance Service who took him to the Hospital.
- We called a cab to take us to the club.
- The ambulance was called immediately but the police were not aware of the death until 3pm.
- Students are advised to ‘arrange a lift or call a taxi if possible’ when travelling home in the evening.
- He went to a telephone box and called an ambulance.
- In both cases these are criminal offences and the police should be called.
Synonyms summon, send for, ask for
4with object Order or request the attendance of. representatives of all three teams have been called to appear before the stewards I got a letter calling me for an interview Example sentencesExamples - The next workshop will be held on September where educational institutions will be called upon to attend.
- This latest spat will be the third time London has called in the Spanish ambassador since the government was formed in 2011.
- She picked holes in every article I wrote, and eventually moved me to head office where she could call me in for regular dressings-down.
- The father took custody of the infant after police called him to the scene.
- She was also called to attend counseling on June 18.
- If the patients switch physicians, record-keepers send patients simple questionnaires or call them for interviews.
- He served briefly as a Private First Class in the Marines before being called back for a secret position with the CIA.
- He was called before the committee, and questioned on his motivations for these dismissals.
- Maybe they'll call me in to have a little chat.
- The director called him to his office on Thursday at 10.30 am to review his suspension.
- Investigators called three people before a fact-finding grand jury two weeks ago.
- Now they've backtracked and said they may call them to a disciplinary hearing.
- Research has shown that people with high Positive Affect were more likely to get called back for second interviews.
- 4.1 Bring (a witness) into court to give evidence.
传唤(证人) four expert witnesses were called Example sentencesExamples - Furthermore, it is rare for such experts to be called to give evidence or for their views to be tested.
- First of all, it is I, and I alone, who will decide what witnesses will be called.
- In this case, the person to whom statements were made out of Court was not called as a witness.
- Officials are still deciding which former employees will be called to give evidence.
- Well… if you are concerned about that there is of course a process whereby the court can call a witness.
- Judge Anderson ruled he could not be called as an expert witness.
- Where the informant is a witness, then he or she must be called to give evidence.
- The pretext for the refusal was that the defendant may abscond and could threaten key witnesses yet to be called.
- Two Indiana State Police forensic scientists were also called to testify.
- He is one of up to 18 expert witnesses called to the hearing to support the council's case.
- Some of them - or others like them - might conceivably have to be called as witnesses.
- Within a week, the witnesses had all been called, the cases for the prosecution and defence delivered.
- He pointed out that it would also be an inconvenience to anyone that was called as a witness.
- Once the parties have responded, witnesses will be called to give evidence at public hearings likely to begin next month.
- There is also the question of why this primary witness was not called to give evidence.
- The allegations hung over the couple, who were not called to give evidence in court, for more than a fortnight.
- He was a major player in the story put before the court but was not called as a witness.
- He has not given evidence or called any witnesses on his behalf.
- The defense has one more witness, one more expert witness, to call to the stand on Thursday.
- The Crown then called the two witnesses on whom they had relied at the trial.
- 4.2 Cause (someone) to have a strong urge to choose a particular career or way of life.
he was called to the priesthood I think teachers, really good teachers, are called to teach Example sentencesExamples - Are you despairing over the size of the task that God is calling you to do?
- I personally find joy in the work I have been called to do.
- They have been called to be witnesses for God.
- I was 19 years old when I first heard God calling me to religious life.
- I believe that God called me to be a Bishop.
- When he is called to follow the Lord, she turns her back on both the man and his God.
- He felt called to make the world a better place by becoming a minister.
5with object Announce or decide that (an event, especially a meeting, strike, or election) is to happen. there appeared to be no alternative but to call a general election the Allied forces called a ceasefire she intends to call a meeting of the committee early next week Example sentencesExamples - She was called back to Britain from Australia when a general election was called suddenly.
- Another parish meeting can be called by the mayor, two councillors or six residents.
- I could not believe that there was no time limit from the date of calling the meeting to the date it was finally held.
- Today's political leaders study long and hard which date to call a General Election.
- The parish council chairman called a special public meeting on Tuesday night in the hall.
- Postal vote applications can only be made within 17 days after the general election is called.
- Annan said the first attempt to call a truce on April 12 had failed.
- No mass meetings have been called, and no strikes or industrial action have taken place.
- The next day they called a general strike, and roadblocks appeared everywhere.
- Griffith had not asked for me at all; he had called a press conference.
- He lacks the authority to call an ‘extraordinary meeting’ of the member clubs.
- He said the union would call a special general meeting with the workers to inform them of the ruling.
- The special meeting had been called as a member had to be appointed before the deadline of July 5.
- The findings were quickly taken up by Gov. Pat McCrory, who called a press conference on the issue.
- So we will have to ask the Labour Party when it intends to call the next election.
- A week ago a national rail strike was called off at the eleventh hour when the management backed down over pensions.
- The findings were quickly taken up by Governor McCrory, who called a press conference on the issue.
- The scaled down ceremony is due to take place ahead of a special meeting called by opposition councillors.
- Union leaders called a general strike for tomorrow if the leader was not released.
Synonyms convene, summon, call together, order, assemble 6British no object (of a person) pay a brief visit. (人)短暂拜访 he had promised Celia he would call in at the clinic 他答应过西莉亚去趟诊所。 he called around last night looking for you Example sentencesExamples - And if you like, you can call in at the office on a Friday evening to hand in your timesheet, and you get a beer and some crisps.
- An inspector called round and was shown through the house to the garden where there was a garden area with a shed.
- The woman let them in, but luckily a male friend called in and distracted the men and they fled empty handed.
- I have people calling in every day at my hospital room, asking what is going on.
- Firefighters are urging people interested in their plight to call at the station and express an interest.
- At one point, Karen's neighbour calls by to complain that work on the beach is "bringing all sorts to the area".
- He rang her constantly, called round unexpectedly and even entered the house uninvited.
- It is not clear if they are worried about the prospect of some of their friends calling in for a visit.
- You can call in at our home - you can phone first if you want an appointment.
- I obviously couldn't wait for another week, so my daughter called in at the local shop to buy some, after school.
- His old schoolmaster called by and launched into an analysis of American politics.
- So my Dad calls in after a trip to visit Aunty Wilma, who's recovering from a stroke.
- On the way home we called in at the bird centre.
- When he arrived in Settle, he called at the police station and told officers what had happened.
- Then we will be told that one of their people will call to see us, and if there are any days or times that we are not at home or unavailable.
- When his friends call at the house, she says he is sleeping, or in the bathroom, or cannot be disturbed.
- Indeed, Ray called around to us for a visit the Sunday before the dinner dance in Sligo.
- Neighbours called to visit her on a regular basis and she enjoyed their company.
- Mom had often complained that nobody was calling in at Grandma's house much and would ask me to make an extra visit.
- A woman with the boy called upon at least six houses in Watson Close at about 5.30 pm on Saturday.
Synonyms pay a visit to, pay a brief visit to, visit, pay a call on, call in on, look in on 7with object and complement (of an umpire or other official in a game) pronounce (a ball, stroke, or other action) to be the thing specified. (比赛中裁判等)判定 the linesman called the ball wide 巡边员判球出界。 Example sentencesExamples - Wood's high fastball is tough to catch up to, and if umpires call it a strike, hitters must chase it.
- To me, the worst thing in baseball is when the pitcher is scared to throw the ball over the plate, and then the umpire calls it a strike when it's a foot outside!
- The ball went in and out of the seats in such a way that the umpire called it a double rather than a homer.
- The umpire called the ball out.
- It was in a tennis match in Rome, the chair umpire called it out but the player saw it otherwise.
- 7.1with object Predict the result of (a future event, especially an election or a vote)
预测(未来事件,尤指选举或投票)的结果 in the Northeast, the race remains too close to call 在英格兰中部地区,竞选仍是势均力敌,胜负难料。 few pundits risked calling the election for either Bush or Kerry Example sentencesExamples - We have to call her vote 50/50, which means, according to our calculations, that the whole appeal is essentially a coin toss.
- With just a few days until Thursday's meeting at the Gresham in Dublin, few analysts are calling the outcome.
- Again, the return leg is too close to call with both teams capable of making of it through to the final in Mustangs.
- Your votes are flooding in every day in their hundreds but, with many categories still too close to call, every vote really does count.
- The result is too close to call.
- Hats off to you, Miguel, because on May 5 you called it - you said it was a shoo-in.
- In 2000, NBC was the first network to predict the result - calling Florida for Al Gore at 1949 EST.
- They are opposed by Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, making the final result of the vote too close to call.
- Still, analysts call the race dead even.
- Election officials have also cautioned against calling the vote too soon.
- The message that the competition between the two is too close to call came over loud and clear.
- Election statisticians often need to get their hands on actual vote counts from test precincts to call a race.
- Well, the networks are going to be calling the race in a much different way this time than they did in 2000.
- Irrespective of how the pundits call this one - I suspect they may install Longford as slight favourites - the ordinary Sligo fan will expect a win.
- This election is too close to call.
- Until the recent scandals, I was calling this election as a shoo-in for the Republicans.
- The current government seems to think they have a mandate to end hunting, yet the issue is too close to call in opinion polls.
- The personalised nature of the bid battle makes the outcome hard to call, analysts said.
- 7.2with object Guess (the outcome) of tossing a coin.
猜掷币结果 Burnley called heads and won the toss no object “You call,” he said. “Heads or tails?” “你猜,"他说,“是正面还是反面?” Example sentencesExamples - The rest of the team wanted me to call "tails".
- The captain was hoping for some luck with the toss, and after calling correctly he had no hesitation in reaching for his bowling boots.
- More importantly, though, that winner would have correctly called the toss something like 16 times in a row.
- There was even a cheer and a bout of fist-clenching when Burnley called heads and won the toss to decide who went first.
- But he never found out about what the best option to call during a toss is.
- Ask the other person to call the coin toss before you toss the coin.
- I'm going to toss a coin and ask you to call heads or tails.
- The players in the group then establish a playing order by calling coin tosses, chipping toward a tee marker, or any other simple method.
- Goldsmith calls it tails—and wins.
- The captain who calls correctly on the toss of a coin will decide whether it's league or union in the first half.
8Computing with object Cause (a subroutine) to be executed. one subroutine may call another subroutine (or itself) Example sentencesExamples - A unit test would directly call the subroutine I want to test, and it would rely as little as possible on other subroutines in the program.
- Metadata that is generated establishes a mapping of interface parameters to the routine parameters of the called routine.
- A shared library delays the binding of a routine name to its executable function until the routine is first called when your program runs.
- To call C routines from a Fortran program, you will have to write some C code.
- Every time the subroutine calls itself, a few bytes are pushed on to the stack to store the return address.
- The connection goes both ways; SISAL can call C and Fortran routines, and C and Fortran can call SISAL routines.
- Before you could call a subroutine, you had to calculate its address.
nounkôlkɔl 1A cry made as a summons or to attract someone's attention. (召唤或吸引人注意的)喊声 a nearby fisherman heard their calls for help in response to the call, a figure appeared 一个身影应声而出。 Example sentencesExamples - I had just about made it out the door when a call from behind me drew my attention.
- The woman ran as the guys chased after her, yelling wild calls.
- Mary went to her pew and sat silently, listening to the calls and yells of the other kids going home outside.
- She ignored anybody else on the street, not paying attention to the calls she was getting.
- My feet abruptly started walking faster after I heard Yori's call.
- I heard her muffled call from the car.
- Everyone else was already in there and he was greeted with loud calls and hellos as he entered the dressing room.
- Suddenly, the once somber and silent pressroom erupted in a cacophony of calls vying for the president's attention.
- Rescue workers moved in, picking over debris and listening for calls for help.
- They were yelling, their calls reverberating down the hall.
Synonyms cry, shout, yell, whoop, roar, scream, shriek - 1.1with modifier A series of notes sounded on a brass instrument as a signal to do something.
(做某事的)号声 a bugle call to rise at 5:30 所吹的起床号。 Example sentencesExamples - Performing the poignant trumpet call is the 92-year-old's way of honouring those who made the ultimate sacrifice for Queen and country.
- His greatest music was made at a time of optimism in America, when the roar of the plains and the dissonant buzz of the cities still felt like the bugle calls of the new frontier.
- Like any ex-civilian, raw recruit Elvis Presley, the king of rock 'n' roll will be keeping time to ordinary bugle calls.
- The bugle call sounded at retreat was first used in the French Army and dates back to the crusades.
- Toward the end of one song, David Johnson busted out a cavalry call on the trumpet.
- 1.2 A direction in a square dance given by the caller.
(方形舞的)舞步指示 Example sentencesExamples - Any given call might be modified by an instruction specifying which dancers should do this particular call.
- If the dancers do not know who is the lead couple or who is the inside couple, they will not be able to perform the call.
- Wilma said the calls make square dancing easy to learn.
- Square dances, with many of the calls in French, also became popular in the twentieth century.
- In traditional square dancing the timing of a call is fitted to the music.
- 1.3Bridge A bid, response, or double.
〔桥牌〕叫花色;吊牌;应叫;叫加倍 the alternative call of 2♠ would be quite unsound Example sentencesExamples - Then betting commences with raises, calls and folds as usual.
- Each player is allowed a maximum of three calls per game.
- In some schedules a solo is worth more if you bid it over a previous call of misère or piek.
- Five and six are no longer available, as this player has already used all his opportunities for these calls.
- Since each call adds two cards to a player's hand, you can check how many calls you have made by counting the cards in your hand.
2The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal. (鸟或其他动物的)叫声 it is best distinguished by its call, a loud “pwit” - 2.1 A device used to imitate the cry of a particular bird or other animal.
turkeys in the wild don't sound like most turkey calls he bought a duck call at the store most hunters I know have at least one call tucked away in a pocket
3An instance of speaking to someone on the phone or attempting to contact someone by phone. I'll give you a call at around five 我5点左右会给你打电话。 he stopped returning her calls a ten-minute call to the emergency services Example sentencesExamples - Police sent three squad cars and a helicopter in response to an emergency call.
- It is best to make such calls from public phones, using telephone cards.
- Inmates are given phone cards to be used with conventional telephones and calls are monitored.
- My phone was ringing with calls from all over the country.
- The Department of Agriculture has received calls from consumers worried about whether they consumed some of the recalled beef.
- My late afternoon siesta was interrupted by a call from Graham.
- She claimed she can't get her mortgage representative to return her calls.
- The dish is used to connect calls from landline telephones to mobiles and vice versa without the need for cables.
- Another bit of cell phone company insanity - we pay for incoming calls but those telephone numbers are not recorded on the bill.
- Last year the emotional support charity had to deal with in excess of half a million calls to its telephone helpline.
- According to some villagers, they could not make calls from their mobile telephones during the incident.
- Some residents, such as Mr Pilkington, had opted to have their incoming calls diverted to mobile telephones, she said.
- If they experience an emergency, they should still telephone 999 as their call will be answered.
- The spokesman declined to release further information, including a tape of the 911 call.
- She told the court that she left her boyfriend at the flat briefly to make a call from a nearby telephone box.
- In the case of international calls, communication from a computer to a telephone abroad is allowed.
- The best approach is not to answer the call in the first place.
- Brian, who lives in the Costa Brava, will not be at the party, but the pair will be waiting by the telephone for his call.
- She works by herself on the floor and is constantly interrupted by calls on her mobile and fixed-line phones.
- Unhappily this perception was reinforced by reports of police failing to respond to emergency calls.
Synonyms phone call, telephone call 4A brief social visit. 短暂拜访 Example sentencesExamples - She will make a courtesy call on the Russian president during her stay in Moscow.
- Francis paid a call on his predecessor at a monastery on the Vatican's grounds to offer Christmas greetings.
- Lisbon is the first of our calls around the Iberian peninsula.
- The video shows the first port call of the world's largest ship in the port of Busan in South Korea.
- As Vettel was making his first pit call on lap 14, the Finn was seen leaving the circuit.
- He pays a call on his friend and we take off on a journey discovering the life of one of the most important British artists of modern times.
- There are moments of humor, such as a scene where a sales representative makes a call on Blake, who is nodding out in a spaghetti-strap dress.
- A routine delivery task turned into an adventure when she made a call on the village.
- I paid some calls to old friends in Manhattan.
- The Graphic published a picture of a lady bountiful making her charitable calls around the estate with a friend, accompanied by two police constables.
- People who have been out drinking make a final call at the kebab house before returning home.
- 4.1 A visit or journey made by a doctor or other professional in response to a request for help, especially in an emergency situation.
the ambulance is out on a call the district nurse used to make her calls on a bicycle Example sentencesExamples - He was told by many practice management groups that the personal call from the doctor would bring the patients back and help to support growth in his practice.
- The police warning is reported to have initiated the desired effect, forcing some to walk their dogs in secluded areas and ask for home calls by vets.
- At this time, all available vehicles were on other emergency calls and it was not possible to activate a crew.
- The television show hostess followed firefighters out on a call that goes horribly wrong.
- One of the most common home repair calls in Florida is for fascia damage, which is particularly susceptible to water damage.
- When a physiotherapist made one of her regular calls at the family home. she noticed Zoe was unwell, and asked if she had been taking her antibiotics.
- In many city fire departments, firefighters are sent home after two calls.
- She said that the nurse had been called away to another part of the home on an emergency call.
- Another element in the exercise will be an emergency call to Church island to attend to campers who are in difficulty.
- Unless you know a psychologist that does home calls it will be difficult to get her help that she knows she needs but refuses to get.
- Amherst firefighters were called in to assist Belchertown firefighters, who were already on a call to vent propane from a home at the time.
5An appeal or demand for something to happen or be done. the call for action was welcomed 对行动的呼吁受到欢迎。 a call to all sides to remain calm and refrain from violence there are more and more calls on his time Example sentencesExamples - There were calls for a tourist boycott, but nobody paid much attention to it.
- I don't earn nearly what my husband does, because I simply have too many other calls on my time.
- There are also widespread calls here for our government to intervene and ‘cap’ prices in Ireland.
- He said he does not intend staying in office beyond his term, but rejected calls to resign before that.
- And calls are growing for the government to relax its anti-inflationary policies.
- Fifty-eight percent disapprove, only 35 percent support the president's calls for reform.
- United Nations emergency officials have repeated their urgent call for more international assistance.
- But she did not endorse calls to ban home breeding, instead focusing her concern on commercial breeders who keep five or more dogs.
- Mr O'Farrell has acknowledged she acted badly but doesn't seem to be heeding the opposition's call to sack her.
- There was also more than one call for him to resign.
- The threat comes amid calls on the Government to build on our Olympic success by reversing funding cuts to school sports.
- If you are a researcher, you have many calls on your time.
- He begins by discussing calls in the 1870s for reform of the property tax, the backbone of state and local finance.
- She issues a clarion call for accountability at the top of corporations and better corporate governance.
- The country has branded the poet "persona non grata", amid calls he be stripped of his Nobel Prize.
- The mayor has rejected widespread calls to resign.
- There have been calls to ban helium balloons, thanks to the scarcity of the gas which keeps them airborne
- Set out what money you have coming in on one side and your outgoings on the other (rent/mortgage, food, clothing, and any other calls on your income).
Synonyms appeal, request, plea, entreaty - 5.1call forusually with negative Demand or need for (goods or services)
(对货物或服务的)需求,需要 there was little call for work as sophisticated as his Example sentencesExamples - When allowed to, he can be much funnier than Johnson, but there's not much call for a wise-cracking foreign secretary.
- Some GPs said they had already surveyed their patients and found there was little call for evening and weekend appointments.
- At the secondary level there was hardly any call for history teaching.
- There is no call for that type of behavior ever!
- There's no call for any of this nonsense really.
- We have no call for herbal or fruit tea around here.
- There's quite a good market for recycled tyre materials, but there's little call for recycled electronics waste.
- There was little call for healthfood at the Olympic Village as the games came to an end.
- The team is still under strength but there is some call for optimism.
- There's never any call for resorting to insults and name-calling.
- There isn't much call for investment bankers in Whistler, so John decided he'd better start a small business.
- Many superhero enthusiasts may have been disheartened by the Superman Returns version and there was not much call for a sequel.
Synonyms need, necessity, occasion, reason, justification, grounds, excuse, pretext demand, desire, want, requirement, need
6usually in singular An order or request for someone to be present. he was delighted that so many former players had heeded the call to attend the conference Example sentencesExamples - Each day the calls to prayer are broadcast over loudspeakers for everyone to hear.
- He will start the year at AAA, and at some point in the season will get the call to come to Chicago, if he pitches well enough.
- Dawn commences with the morning call to prayer - broadcast over a loud speaker.
- I thank God that I heeded my wife's call to attend our church's vigil in Ebute Meta.
- Once again, the United States and United Kingdom chose to heed the call to arms together.
- He'd been contracted to start in February, but answered a Jockey Club call to come earlier when injuries brought the club to the edge of a jockey shortage.
- The call to return to the battlefield is one heeded by many veterans through the ages.
- The government then jumped into the fray with an unofficial call to arms.
- They're likely to ignore any call to a negotiating table.
- 85% of the workforce there did not heed a call to return to work, in spite of an interdict by the Labour Court declaring their strike unprotected.
- It was a shaking in the very depths of the earth, and it was a call to battle.
- Christian faith teaches that such a call will not summon us to some vague eternity.
- We had only completed two laborious circuits when the call to night prayers sounded.
- 6.1 A vocation.
感召;神召 feeling the call to ministry, I started looking for a Bible college Example sentencesExamples - People say I could have gone professional because of my love for football but I believe that in life, each person has his call and vocation.
- From his first days as Pope he had a strong inner call to be a missionary.
- Peter, an idealistic young Yale graduate, worked as a journalist covering the war in Paris when he felt the call to serve.
- She trained as an Infant School Teacher and it was while she was on a retreat for teachers that she felt the call to the religious life.
- His call to a culinary career began at a young age.
- Our call to be an informal educator involves commitments to growth and change.
- 6.2 A powerful force of attraction.
吸引力,魅力 hikers can't resist the call of the Sierras 徒步者难以抵挡凯恩戈姆山脉的魅力。 Example sentencesExamples - This government needs the guts to resist the call of the past, and govern for the future.
- Samantha felt the call of the ocean from her earliest days.
- Even in an age of mobility, families do their best to gather as extended clans, drawn by the call of Christmas.
- They could barely resist the call of the forbidden, and the urge was overpowering.
- Today a new generation has taken charge of Labour, a new generation that understands the call of change.
- She accepted, but it was not long before the call of the great outdoors became irresistible once more.
- In the end the call of comedy was too great, and he forged a name for himself on the circuit.
Synonyms attraction, appeal, lure, allure, allurement, fascination, seductiveness
7(in sports) a decision or ruling made by an umpire or other official, traditionally conveyed by a shout, that the ball has gone out of play or that a rule has been breached. he was visibly irritated with the umpire's calls Example sentencesExamples - Some like to see the game played without many calls; some like to call the penalties.
- For the first time in his career, he is getting the benefit of the doubt from officials on questionable calls.
- Referees are not going to stop the game to look at foul calls or out-of-bounds rulings.
- The South Africans were at the receiving end of at least two bad calls.
- Hockey very rarely has a glaring officiating error, and the calls made are almost always supported by replay.
- They know the home team expects favorable judgments, that they are expected to neutralize bad calls with makeup calls.
- Officials have come under heavy fire the last few weeks in the wake of a couple of controversial calls in the playoffs.
- In fact, according to coaches, officials are deciding games with reckless calls.
- The NBA reviews game videos to determine whether officials' calls are correct.
- It's good for the game when bad calls can be corrected on the field.
- This baseball team has benefited from more bad calls than any team in memory.
- Whereas bad weather, bad calls, and bad luck are completely uncoachable, a lack of discipline can be solved.
- Why can't each manager have the opportunity to have three close plays reviewed per game in order to have the right calls made?
- We had some calls go against us, we weren't shooting the ball really well, even though we were getting great shots.
- We all want the calls to be right, and the officials have to feel better knowing they have a safety net beneath them.
- Refs are only human, and they do make calls within the flow of a game.
- There have been controversial late-game calls in the last two games.
- Consistency in the calls from one game to the next should improve.
- Not having replay is bad, considering the number of botched calls in the average game.
- There is no shortage of bad calls during the season, but in the playoffs the importance is magnified.
- 7.1 A decision, judgement, or prediction.
personally, I'm all in favor, but it's your call that entrepreneurial instinct may account for his ability to make tough calls when profits are at stake the two old foes are so evenly matched that it's anyone's call Example sentencesExamples - I can use the help, but this is my call to make.
- Before you start complaining about why other recruiting services aren't used, that's not my call.
- They have to make a call in a split second.
- Whether you sell early to cash in on the frenzy or sell later based on concrete information, it's your call, so don't give in to panic.
- No wonder the company didn't invest into 3D, great call.
- The PM will make her call on that in her own way.
- Become fully informed consumers, knowledgeable enough to challenge doctors who make questionable diagnostic calls.
- The organization said selecting Los Angeles as their first-ever City of the Year was a pretty easy call.
- Once you know what to look for, making the right call will start to come naturally.
- The first elimination is always a very tough call.
- Your and your spouse's plans for your estate can be identical or entirely dissimilar; it's your call.
- Like so many others after a few drinks, he made a bad judgment call.
8Computing A command to execute a subroutine. 〔计算机〕调用,引入(子程序) parameter values may be changed by calls to a special purpose input specification subroutine Example sentencesExamples - That means, the call to a subroutine must be on its program line rather than somewhere in an expression.
- One direct method to utilize the kernel is for a process to execute a system call.
- As shown in the figure, there is a value pushed for each call to the routine.
- A code element issues a call to the first routine.
- To be safe you can use the keyword before any subroutine call even if the subroutine is already defined.
9Finance A demand for payment of lent or unpaid capital. (借款或未付款的)催交 Example sentencesExamples - With potential bank losses barely covered by the European Stability Mechanism's 60 billion euros of bank rescue funds, what might happen when banks admit this can't continue, and loan losses trigger new capital calls?
- Conceptually, an overdraft is repayable at call or on demand, whereas a loan is granted for a fixed period of time.
- The bank could issue the contingent capital component of its planned £7.8 billion capital call as early as this summer, according to debt bankers.
- 9.1Stock Market
short for call option Example sentencesExamples - Put options should increase in value and calls should drop as the stock price falls.
- Option traders use calls and puts to hedge risks and exploit volatility.
- By tracking the daily and weekly volume of puts and calls in the U.S. stock market, we can gauge the feelings of traders.
- The rule for creating synthetics is that the strike price and expiration date of the calls and puts must be identical.
- Shareholders are still suing Wall Street firms for too-bullish calls.
10US as modifier (in a bar, club, etc.) denoting or made with relatively expensive brands of liquor which customers request by name. Compare with well (sense 4 of the noun) Example sentencesExamples - The call liquors are the name brand booze that sit up on a shelf for everyone to see.
- You can upgrade to call drinks for an additional $10.
- Call brand liquors include Absolut Vodka, Seagrams Gin, and Jim Beam.
- These different vodka brands can be grouped by their price into three categories: well (the cheapest), call, and premium.
- Drinks are pricy for the area, but then I can't remember purchasing a call drink for $6 so I suppose $9-$10 is reasonable?
- Some caterers will offer Jim Beam Bourbon as a house/well brand and Jack Daniel's as a call brand.
PhrasesCause people to notice. 引起人们注意 he is seeking to call attention to himself by his crimes 他正试图用犯罪的方法来使自己受到关注。 Example sentencesExamples - Too often in the longer book, the writing calls attention to itself and distracts from the story.
- Feminist voices critically called attention to the relationship between sexism and male violence.
- In my opinion, it called attention to what Allied forces were up against and might well have inspired them to renewed efforts against a worthy opponent.
- He rarely calls attention to himself, rarely grandstands, but usually does it what it takes to get the job done.
- But I think the part I admire the most is that he did it without really announcing it or calling attention to it.
- Don't say or do anything to call attention to it, and Matt might not even notice.
- The way they sell new dictionaries is by calling attention to all the new words they've located.
- I yelled out to call attention to what was going on (at the same time wondering how smart I was to get involved).
- Sleeveless, short or cap sleeves or tight sleeves call attention to, and display, the arms.
- They also preferred to use behavioral strategies that redirected, rather than called attention to, problem behaviors.
Synonyms publicize, make public, make known, give publicity to, bill, post, announce, broadcast, proclaim, trumpet, shout from the rooftops, give notice of, call attention to, promulgate
Make a telephone call reversing the charges. 〈北美〉打由受话人付款的电话 Example sentencesExamples - You will also have your own phone from which long distance calls can be made by calling collect or using a charge card.
- You could call collect but you had to pay for your calls, either way.
- Don't accept gifts from strangers or call someone, even if they invite you to call collect.
- They charge extra money to inmates who call collect to their families.
- What do you mean, ‘Why don't I just call collect?‘
- A prison social worker said that prisoners may call collect on pay telephones inside the prison.
- You called collect to tell us about your new dog?
- I'm sorry I had to call collect, but I have news.
- From countries where toll-free calls are not available, customers are able to call collect.
- My arrangement with this aunt is that she calls me or if I need to call her I call collect and then she calls me back.
call something into (or in) question Cast doubt on something. 怀疑 these findings call into question the legitimacy of the proceedings 这些调查结果使该做法的合法性受到质疑。 Example sentencesExamples - Integrity is one of the cornerstones upon which reliable journalism is based, and, when it is called into question, we begin to doubt everything we read in newspapers and magazines and see on television.
- But in recent months, the future of the project has been called into question.
- It was the second time that her victory was called into question.
- He is furious that his good name has been called into question.
- The sanity of the captain is called into question.
- Yet in recent years this victory has been called into question.
- My honesty has been called into question and it has made me look like a criminal.
- Apparently, these concerns had been raised before, even by an outfit whose reliability as a watchdog has been called into question recently.
- She has filed a civil lawsuit which, of course, calls her motives into question.
- People are very much offended that their patriotism has been called into question.
Synonyms doubt, distrust, mistrust, suspect, lack confidence in, have doubts about, be suspicious of, have suspicions about, have misgivings about, feel uneasy about, feel apprehensive about, cast doubt on, query, question, challenge, dispute, have reservations about
Take the initiative in deciding how something should be done. 指挥,操纵,做决定 we believe in parents and teachers calling the shots Example sentencesExamples - We would love to know, Mr. Prime Minister, since for all practical purposes your Government still calls the shots on this supposedly autonomous corporation.
- It's all about getting the initiative and being in a position to call the shots.
- In the economy, however, it is always big capital that calls the shots.
- Early on it was unclear who was really calling the shots.
- Interview those who own or manage the media and they will tell you that today it's the readership or viewership that calls the shots.
- He quoted the proverb ‘He who pays the piper, calls the tune, ‘but noted, ‘I think we are very strong on the issue that they mustn't tell us what is good for us.
- The car sales staff can chat away all they like to the man about brake, horsepower and top speeds but it's really the woman who calls the shots.
- The taxpayer pays the piper, but the sponsor calls the tune.
- Increasingly in shaping our foreign policy priorities it is the media which calls the shots.
- In return, the new recruits are willing to do anything for the man who calls the shots.
Synonyms be in charge, be in control, be in command, be the boss, be at the helm, be in the driving seat, be at the wheel, be in the saddle, pull the strings, hold the purse strings
call someone/something to mind 1Cause one to think of someone or something, especially through similarity. (尤指通过类似性)使想起 the still lifes call to mind certain of Cézanne's works 这些静物画令人想起塞尚的作品。 Example sentencesExamples - At other points his guitar work briefly calls organs to mind.
- But some of the weird writing calls that composer to mind, especially in the more reflective moments of the second movement.
- Her work conjures up such a non-factual set of moments that altered states, or dream states are called to mind.
- It's not about these people, but there are things in it that call them to mind.
Synonyms evoke, put one in mind of, recall, bring to mind, call up, summon up, conjure up - 1.1with negativeRemember someone or something.
〈古〉感召;敦促 with clause I cannot call to mind where I have seen you 我想不起来在哪里见过你。 Example sentencesExamples - ‘Honourable Sirs, I have early this morning witnessed a crime of revolting sort’ he paused trying to call the rest to mind.
- There's another old adage there, too, but I can't call it to mind just now.
- Draco looked pensive as his previous behaviour was called to mind.
- There's doubtless an equally irritating homily about spring-cleaning in the garden, too, but fortunately I can't call it to mind.
- Modest, common country garden perennial flowers, both of them, and I'm ashamed to say I simply cannot call their names to mind.
- If you think about somebody you know who's very generous, even if they haven't given to you directly, what does it feel like if you call this person to mind?
- She did not know how long she had been fighting, nor did she wish to call it to mind.
- As Sigmund Freud suggested long ago, memories are themselves recast every time they are called to mind.
- All of us have done things in our lives we'd rather not have done, things that flood us with remorse or pain or embarrassment whenever we call them to mind.
- As we call our lifetime to mind we recognize no unbroken sequence of events, but rather episodes that chart our memory with the markers of ‘before’ and ‘after.’
Synonyms remember, recall, recollect, think
call someone/something to order Ask those present at a meeting to be silent so that business may proceed. 要求…保持安静 Example sentencesExamples - He looked around the room to ensure all his key players were present, then called the meeting to order.
- She sat stiffly in the office chair, like an executive calling a boardroom to order.
- Imagine that the CEO of a major corporation has just called a meeting to order, and one of the board members makes a motion to discuss a proposed acquisition.
- The public hearing for the road closure was called to order although no members of the public had shown up.
- Scott is now taking the podium to call the audience to order.
- The town crier called the proceedings to order.
- I remember nervously calling the meeting to order, wondering what our full day of dialogue would bring.
- The clang of a gong calls the bilingual sessions to order, and proceedings operate according to a precise set of rules adapted from those of the British Parliament.
- Alex called the board to order, and everyone fell silent.
- I have called the members to order, and I ask them to desist.
don't call us, we'll call you informal Used as a dismissive way of saying that someone has not been successful in an audition or job application. 〈非正式〉请勿来电,我们会通知你(用来拒绝面试或求职失败者) Example sentencesExamples - His e-mail read like a ‘thank you for your interest, but don't call us, we'll call you,’ form letter.
- You can't walk five meters in a straight line… don't call us, we'll call you.
- Thank you, thank you, I've got the picture: don't call us, we'll call you.
- After the first audition there was a two-week period when it was a case of don't call us, we'll call you.
informal Used to express approval (or criticism) of a person's decision or suggestion. 〈非正式〉 用于表示对决定或建议的赞成或批评中,行(或不中、不行) Example sentencesExamples - The authorities may have made a bad call on some of the cases, but that doesn't give those tenants a constitutional case.
- We think it would be a bad call politically for her to run in 2004, but what a difference it would make in the race.
- Deservedly they both received posthumous Medals of Honor, but the question has to be asked whether it was a good call by their leaders to send two men to almost certain death without being able to provide follow-up support.
- He admitted he was wrong - that he made a bad call.
- They made a choice to not do that and to take the big fire engine which shaved off a lot of time and it was a good call because they were able to get to me that much sooner.
- He was very agitated and concerned, and on several occasions he said to me it was a very bad call and he obviously realised he had made a very significant error.
- The decision to keep interest rates unchanged looks like a good call.
- Medical staff deal with a constant flow of difficult decisions and, occasionally, they make what appears to be a bad call.
- We skipped the D & D 30th Anniversary party in favor of sleep, which was a good call.
- We made a good call early on by not pitting on that first stop and it paid-off.
1(of a person) able to be contacted in order to provide a professional service if necessary, but not formally on duty. (人)待命的;随时听命的,随时应召的 our technicians are on call around the clock 你们当地的全科医生可以24小时应召出诊。 Example sentencesExamples - I am on call today and went in to do my ward round earlier.
- Top marks also to all who remained on duty, or on call, over the festive period.
- The physicians can work fewer hours, both in the office and on call, and as they are able to delegate many tasks they can provide better services.
- There is an emergency ski patrol service on call 24 hours a day.
- If a physical exam is to be done the physician on call will be contacted.
- Generally, these caregivers work year round with no vacation and are on call 24 hours a day.
- If she is not on duty, she is on call so that she can respond around the clock to patients' needs.
- The team is on call 24 hours-a-day, and is trained in resuscitation techniques and how to use live-saving defibrillators.
- You have to get up in the middle of the night if you're on call.
- If you work in a global organization, you might be on call 24 hours a day for troubleshooting or consulting.
Synonyms on duty, on standby, standing by, ready, available 2(of money lent) repayable on demand. (借出的钱)要求即还的 Example sentencesExamples - Keep your loan on call and simply pay off the 3% minimum each month.
- High cost options such as recalling the loan and converting a term loan to an on-call loan are less preferred choices.
Used to describe something that one can genuinely feel belongs to one. 称…为自己所有 I had not an item to call my own 没有一款可被我称为属于自己的。 Example sentencesExamples - There were hundreds of people living along the coastline who suddenly did not have anything to call their own.
- While this dispute continues, Isobel can only wrap up her children up as best she can, and hope that they will soon have a home to call their own.
- We don't have a sofa, a coffee table, a mirror, a desk - not a stick of furniture to call our own.
- On the most frigid day of this year, the restaurant overflows with penniless customers who make a cup of coffee last all day because they don't have a job to go to or a home to call their own.
- The club is for the youth of the area and the youth group will endeavour to provide a safe environment for them, where they can have fun and a venue to call their own.
- Numerous extensions and conversions later, they now have a substantial seven-bedroom home, so everyone has a room to call their own.
- Ideally the Youth Club would love to have a place to call their own where they could store equipment and project work.
- The teenagers simply wanted a space to call their own.
- The group desperately need premises to call their own, somewhere to store all their equipment, to have freedom of rehearsal times and a place to feel comfortable in.
- Village youths could be given a place to call their own and to hang out with their friends.
Near enough to be summoned by calling. 在可被呼叫传唤的范围之内;在附近 she moved into the guest room, within call of her father's room 她搬到她父亲房间附近的客房去了。 Example sentencesExamples - She might call for help if he attempted again as neighbors lived within call.
- How many people may there be in London, who, if we had brought them deviously and blindfolded, to this street, fifty paces from the Station House, and within call of St. Giles's church, would know it for a not remote part of the city in which their lives are passed?
- He had retired discreetly to the doorway, ready within call should Master need anything.
Cause or require something to start working so that one can make use of it. 使(或要求)…开始运作,启用 our active participation as spectators is called into play 我们作为观众的积极参与发挥了作用。 Example sentencesExamples - As the muscles of the athlete or the fingers of the craftsman become fit or skillful through constant exercise, so the spiritual graces of the new man are developed by regularly calling them into play.
- These companies charge several hundred to several thousand dollars for their services, so it would be wise for you to have an idea of exactly what you need before calling them into play.
- He created what was called a ‘subroutine’ for each note, then called them into play, as needed.
- For legs, it's the same thing - you have to call the secondary muscles into play to put maximum pressure on the thighs.
- To save time and effort, we'll put that part into a separate file and just call it into play when we need it.
Phrasal Verbscall someone/something down 1Cause or provoke someone or something to appear or occur. 使出现,引发 nothing called down the wrath of Nemesis quicker 没什么能更快地激起复仇女神的愤怒了。 Example sentencesExamples - The murder of a stranger who entered somebody's house for shelter would call down the anger of the gods.
- The poems were gathered together in a volume called The British Album, and they were deemed disturbing enough to call down several satirical attacks.
- It was a way of calling down the judgment of God if the words spoken were false.
- For many of the villagers, if Allah can be called down into the human world, so can the spirits of the dead.
- All I can think about is what a failure I am and that I am disobeying God and calling his wrath down on me.
- In some cases, you'll find yourself in the midst of a pitched battle from which you can call down any number of WMDs.
- The best architects have always understood that we can call down divine fire, focus community, make a place for home.
- His Religion within the Boundaries of Pure Reason (1793) called down on him the censure of the government.
he called down Clarence Drum about being so high and mighty Example sentencesExamples - They sat down and everyone started asking Katrina what she was called down for.
- When she got carried away and started to show genuine anger and aggression, the Captain called her down.
- Who do these holier-than-thou types think they are, calling me down?
- She was a good student, and she couldn't figure out why she was called down.
- When Joyce gets paranoid about his talent as a writer, he takes it out on Nora, throwing her past in her face and calling her down for being married before.
Synonyms reprimand, rebuke, admonish, chastise, chide, upbraid, reprove, reproach, scold, remonstrate with, berate, take to task, pull up, castigate, lambaste, read someone the riot act, give someone a piece of one's mind, haul over the coals, lecture, criticize, censure
desperate times call for desperate measures 危时需峻法。 Example sentencesExamples - It calls for tough and focussed decisions and no soft and vague measures.
- I think a sense of proportion is called for here.
- This is a sensitive area which I must draw to your attention and feel it calls for some action before it causes more distress.
- The alleged plan called for the two men to pretend that he was a hostage.
- It does not necessarily call for a large investment to implement it.
- FBI policy calls for an investigation whenever an agent fires a weapon.
- This condition calls for urgent medical attention at any time of the day or night.
- Where safety calls for drastic measures such as bollards to be installed, then fixed bollards should be the method used.
- The production schedule would call for filming a total of 100 episodes in just two years.
- Desperate times such as these call for the celebration of small victories such as this.
Synonyms require, need, necessitate, make necessary, demand 2Publicly ask for or demand. 呼吁,公开要求 the report calls for an audit of endangered species 该报告呼吁对濒危物种进行查核。 Example sentencesExamples - The basic issues were all spelled out, even before the Security Council resolution calling for a land-for-peace settlement.
- Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch issued separate statements calling for more government action to protect lives.
- Councilman Kenney, among others, called for a review of the city's demolition application and inspection process.
- The President called for $10 million to be spent on researching violent media as well as its correlation to gun violence.
- The US way is to call for stricter laws, harsher conditions and longer sentences.
- The report calls for a dramatic restructuring of how aid is allotted in the region.
- The companies also called for more transparency and for limits on surveillance.
- It calls for the National Audit Office to conduct an urgent scrutiny of the value for money tests.
- The report also called for more research on fluoride and the implications for child health.
- Senate Democrats also pointed out that they had been calling for a bipartisan conference for months, a request that had been brushed off by House Republicans.
Synonyms require, need, necessitate, make necessary, demand 3Stop to pick up (someone) at the place where they are living or working. 在某人住处(或工作单位)接(某人) I'll call for you around seven 我大约7点钟来接你。 Example sentencesExamples - I will call for you at three.
- When her friends knocked at the door to call for her, her mum became frantic with worry.
- A car would call for her at four o'clock on Friday.
- I called for you so we could meet the man that Karl referred to as his friend.
- I will call for you tonight at 6.30.
- A new house and a new friend: he called for me and said he would show me around.
- He had a friend call for him at his office and together they walked to the coffee house.
- He called for me at my hotel and took me to the beach after dawn next morning.
- She was discovered by a neighbour who called for her on the way to Sunday Mass.
Synonyms pick up, collect, fetch, come to get, go to get, come for 4Predict or describe (the likely weather conditions) for a period of time in the future. the forecast is calling for more rain they're calling for temperatures in the 80s for the rest of the week Example sentencesExamples - They're calling for a high of 43 in Park City and 50 in Salt Lake.
- They are calling for 6-12 inches total by tomorrow morning in the far northern Chicago suburbs.
- Forecasters are calling for a storm surge of between 6 and 14 feet for Eleuthera and Grand Bahama Islands.
- The weather in Banff unexpectedly changed to warm, but the forecast is calling for cold and snow for the weekend.
- The forecast called for more rain through the day Sunday, which could hamper rescuers trying to reach all of the far-flung areas that have been affected.
- After a few weeks, with the weather outlook not calling for any snow for the foreseeable future, I went ahead and swapped back to the summer tires.
- They're calling for a wintry mix, which should be just lovely!
- Here in Chicago, they are calling for some cold temperatures and snow for the next two days, all of which has me making plans to stay inside all weekend long.
- Although the weather forecast called for rain, the weather was great throughout the whole race.
- Egads the weather forecast for Friday is calling for snow.
- Weather forecasts called for heavy rains July 12 in Indianapolis, thanks to the remnants of Hurricane Dennis.
few things call forth more compassion 没什么可以激起更大的同情。 Example sentencesExamples - Her memory is astounding, calling forth an endless stream of anecdotes.
- Lower manning levels have called forth the need for more flexible job descriptions so that fewer employees can cover all the previous jobs.
- To any professional pianist the name Maurice Hinson calls forth a number of images: meticulous scholar, prolific author, inspiring lecturer.
- Today, many of the jokes are dated, but the raucous satirical tone still hits a nerve and calls forth countless contemporary associations.
- A meal high in carbs calls forth a rush of insulin which can overshoot the required amount, lowering blood glucose too much, making you hungry again.
- Sometimes even the most harmless remark about America would call forth very sharp replies from him.
- The setting and circumstances on the island call forth the ideas of departure, regret, and the allure of the superficial.
- This was the use of psychology in economics that, when it was employed by Proudhon, called forth a rebuke from Marx!
- The rise of essentially trivial pastimes should not call forth a moral panic.
- The situations she chooses make for dramatic scenarios that call forth genuine emotional responses.
Enlist someone's aid or services. 谋求帮助(或服务) you can either do the work yourself or call in a local builder to help you Example sentencesExamples - Normally we are called in to provide an emergency service.
- When the government needs them at times like this, they pick up the phone and they call them in.
- Said James, the policewoman assigned to the case promised to call on them late Sunday afternoon.
- Lt. Murphy calls him in on cases that don't seem to make any sense.
- Law enforcement authorities discovered lab equipment and other "suspicious" material in the house, and then called in the FBI.
- She's called in the government to do more to stop unscrupulous companies selling prescription drugs on the Internet.
- Extra firefighters were called in as the fire spread.
- A local referee was called in to inspect the pitch at 12.30 pm and deemed it unplayable.
- The National Criminal Intelligence Service has been called in, along with a Metropolitan Police team specialising in tracking down fugitives.
- Experts from The Pigeon Control Advisory Service were called in two years ago and visited the town again just before Christmas.
- A company can call her in for a morning to measure up its sales staff, or a group of colleagues can book her for a couple of hours.
Synonyms call, call for, call in, summon, ask to come, request, request the attendance of, request the presence of, order, contact, fetch
Require payment of a loan or promise of money. 要求付清贷款(或所允诺的钱) the bank would call in loans and foreign donations Example sentencesExamples - Such a loss, it is argued, would prompt America's creditors to start calling in the debt.
- Workers who took out preferential loans to buy cars will be badly hit if their loans are called in by the firm's liquidators.
- Our losses were so high that our loans were called in.
- Our social club owed the brewery money and they were calling it in.
- His employer, hearing of his speeches, sacked him as his steward and called in unpaid debts.
- Others blame the owners of established resorts, who may have pressed banks to call in loans to their red-hot competitor.
- Bolivia was told that if coca production didn't cease entirely by 2000, aid packages would stop and the loans would be called in.
- The only circumstances in which they could call in all outstanding debts would be in the event of their own disbandment.
- His biggest lender had just called in its loan.
- The bank was on the brink of calling in the debt.
call someone/something off Order a person or dog to stop attacking someone. 命令(人,狗)停止攻击 Gunda pleaded with him to call the dog off Example sentencesExamples - He stood and watched while the dogs attacked and made no attempt to call them off.
- The government called off helicopters sent to attack the rebel militia, averting a threatened rebel offensive.
- The dogs wanted to follow, but Maria called them off.
- She grabbed my throat, but before she could act further, the woman behind her called her off with a harsh, ‘Stop!’
- ‘Call your dog off,’ Lucy said calmly.
- Its owners were watching my dog attack their horse, while I was trying to call her off.
- He called off the attackers.
- The Italian attack was called off, and it was time to move against France, so I resumed control of my unit and ordered it to Burgundy.
- The hounds were called off, regrouped and the oldest hunt in England set off on a new trail.
Cancel an event or agreement. 取消 they held a ballot on whether to call off industrial action Example sentencesExamples - They were surprised to find that the strike had been called off and that an agreement had been struck supporting a two-tier wage.
- But the final deal was never done and last month negotiations were called off.
- An Army spokesman said that due to ‘unforeseen circumstances’ the event had been called off indefinitely.
- But their protest was called off while they waited on the results of negotiations with the union representative at Fawley.
- Within hours of calling off the deal, however, he was working to make the same idea happen, this time as a private company.
- Jack momentarily considers calling off the wedding but eventually slinks back to LA with his tail between his legs.
- The firm called off takeover talks last November because the price discussed was not satisfactory.
- As the friends argue, other problems surface: Ian's doubts about his impending wedding, which his friends urge him to call off.
- Unfortunately, we had a lot of bad weather recently and an extraordinary amount of games were called off.
- Just four days before the event was due to take place the Village Business Association called it off.
Synonyms cancel, abandon, shelve, scrap, drop, mothball
1Pay a visit to (someone) 拜访 he's planning to call on Katherine today 他打算今天拜访凯瑟琳。 Example sentencesExamples - John calls on Mrs. Jennings, and after his visit, he goes on a walk with Elinor.
- Half a dozen or so guests are coming to call on me and maybe extend it to a visit in a few day's time.
- Thereafter I made it a point to call on him on all my visits to Delhi.
- He called on me during his last visit to Accra and we discussed varied issues relating to Africa.
- He then calls on Eustacia, asking her to marry him.
- He visited a Kyoto temple, called on a professor from his alma mater in Kyoto and paid tribute to a Japanese author.
- The policewoman assigned to the case promised to call on them late Sunday afternoon.
- She also called on her legislator during her brief visit to capital.
- We were living in Switzerland, and Toni would call on us whenever he visited the country.
- Anyone visiting a friend or acquaintance is expected to call on everyone they know in the same neighborhood.
Synonyms visit, pay a visit to, pay a call on, go and see, look in on we are able to call on academic staff with a wide variety of expertise 我们可向有广博专业知识的学者求助。 Example sentencesExamples - He'll be calling on those hard-earned inner resources often in this sport.
- But Kelvin will be able to call on some family history to help him play the role.
- Now her dad is calling on her musical talents to keep his customers in good spirits on December 11.
- A great many collectors from the upper aristocracy or rich middle classes called on her skill.
- He will be able to call on the multinational forces, if he deems it necessary to have them deal with a problem.
- United called on all their reserves of energy and battled back to equalise just before full time.
- The largest part of the market remains untapped since most companies prefer to handle their own security issues, rather than calling on external forces.
- Schools that need a helping hand will be able to call on volunteers to help in their activities.
- Under the proposals, a senior nurse would then be able to call on more staff at short notice than is possible at present.
- It was all very new to us all and called on all our skills.
Synonyms have recourse to, avail oneself of, turn to, draw on, look to, make use of, use, utilize, bring into play - 2.1with infinitiveDemand that (someone) do something.
〈古〉感召;敦促 he called on the government to hold a plebiscite 他要求政府举行公民投票。 Example sentencesExamples - Bosses are calling on their staff to get fit and healthy.
- She called on the council to employ someone, even for two or three days a week, to look after the cemetery.
- She is calling on those in power to stop preaching hatred.
- I call on you to stop any protest against progress in the peace process.
- Now residents are calling on local representatives to demand that ramps should be installed on the road.
- PC Hopson, who is spearheading the scheme to educate drinkers in the city, called on them to take sensible precautions.
- Tenants have called on their neighbours and staff to write to their local MP voicing their concerns.
- It does not advocate cash hand-outs to farmers, but instead calls on the Government to adopt a more understanding approach to agriculture.
- Farmers are urging the public to sign a petition calling on the Government to tighten controls on illegal imports.
- Many of them had called on him to step down.
Synonyms appeal to, ask, request, apply to, petition
call someone out 〈古〉向…挑战要求进行决斗 1Summon someone to deal with an emergency or to do repairs. (尤指为处理紧急事件或做修理而)召唤某人 patients are to be told to stop calling doctors out unnecessarily at night Example sentencesExamples - No need to call out the royal guard; all parties are declared not guilty and are free to go.
- When veterinarian Gail McCarthy is called out to the scene there isn't much she can do.
- The cracks were discovered last month after the gas company was called out to deal with an emergency pipe leak.
- The police call out their elite strike force and the fuzz tour the resort for a little evidence tampering.
- Any time there was an emergency, Gus could be called out and his wife and daughters had to fend for themselves.
- The school would make headlines six years later, when the Governor called out the Arkansas National Guard to prevent its integration.
- The emergency doctor was called out at 2.15am.
- I've had to call the police out a couple of times, and the problem has been and gone over the years, depending on her medication.
- Last month we had to call the doctor out because the stress of all this had sent Hilary's muscles into spasm.
- So, to beat the system, I've requested that we call the electrician out again.
2Order or advise workers to strike. 命令(或建议)工人罢工 Example sentencesExamples - The Fire Brigades Union called its 50,000 members out on strikes last November.
- Union members in London are now demanding that they are called out to join the selective action within the next two weeks.
- We urge the CWU not to call our people out on strike action, which can only hurt our customers.
- ‘We'd have torn up our NUJ cards if they called us out on strike,’ said another.
- Unison members in colleges were in disbelief that they had not been called out alongside members of other unions.
- Workers on London's Docklands Light Railway were called out on strike for 24 hours from 6.30 pm on March 25.
- Nevertheless many of these workers did come out on the national days of action or when local unions called them out, and they solidarised with those who were on strike.
- The rank and file have been 100 percent solid whenever they have been called out.
- About 10,000 members at the bank's branches and call centers around the UK had been called out, a spokesman for the union said.
- Splinter groups of communists and Trotskyists fought for supremacy on the shop floor, calling workers out on strike and typifying the industrial travails of the time.
3Draw critical attention to someone’s unacceptable actions or behavior. people were calling him out for his negative comments Dan had called her out on a couple of contradictions in her story she called him on his claim that the media were doing a bad job of covering the economy Example sentencesExamples - The 84-year-old stopped short of apologising for calling Katy out for being late, but said she was sorry if it made her more upset during that sad time.
- He essentially just called the team out for being lazy.
- I'm one of those moms that will question their children about things that don't make sense, and call them out on their lies.
- It's time for audiences to call them out on their hypocrisy and demand better representations of diversity.
- Rip the cloak of secrecy off abuse and openly call out every abuser by name; perhaps some real change would begin.
- The pay's good, and hardly anyone will call you on your decisions when you're wrong.
- You are the one that keeps twisting what you're saying whenever you are called out on it.
- These bystanders can help mitigate abuse by calling out bullies.
- She gets the whole house riled up, then walks away like nothing happened, and nobody calls her on it.
- Larry didn't call her out on anything during the interview either.
4Challenge someone to a duel. 〈古〉向…挑战要求进行决斗 Example sentencesExamples - I'll call him out and we'll settle this once and for all.
- Steve told Clarence that I called him out, but that he wouldn't fight me.
- When he is called out to fight a duel, Boris cannot pull the trigger.
- I'm pretty sure they each would have stepped up to the challenge if the other had called them out.
- Your princess was well within her rights to call him out to duel.
Read out a list of names to determine those present. 〈旧〉点名 a gentleman proceeded to call over the names of the jury Example sentencesExamples - In calling over the list every name is repeated, although three-fourths or more of the boys, whose names are called over, are present.
- It has been the practice of the House of Commons, on occasions of sufficient importance, to order that the House be called over at a future day.
- Charles Mansfield, our third lieutenant, came on deck, and called the list over.
- Under the new Act for regulating the trial of controverted elections, you will, in the discharge of your duty, call over the names in the alphabetical list of Members.
call someone up 〈古〉向…挑战要求进行决斗 I have a list of people to call up in the morning Example sentencesExamples - When I can't get my email, I call them up on the phone and they explain exactly what's wrong and when they expect it to be fixed.
- He may have even called up Katy to help console him, but that doesn't mean they hooked up.
- The phone hasn't stopped ringing with people calling me up to say how wonderful it looks.
- He stalks her, following her to the church where she does volunteer work, and even calls her up anonymously on the telephone.
- When you call up Customer Care, you just get pathetic responses which won't take you anywhere.
- A pollster selects a random sample of voters, calls them up on the telephone, and asks who the respondent would vote for if the election were being held today.
- I'd found her number in the phone book and called her up on the chance that she'd meet me.
- Sensing the rarity of the animal, Meshram closed the door and immediately called up fire brigade personnel.
- I called Liv up on the phone, and we agreed to meet down by the lake.
- I called up Customer Care again and they promised me a free replacement by tomorrow evening.
Synonyms phone, telephone, get on the phone to, get someone on the phone, dial, make a call to, place a call to, get, reach phone, telephone, call, get on the phone to, get someone on the phone, dial, make a call to, place a call to, get, reach 2Summon someone to serve in the army. 征召…服兵役 they have called up more than 20,000 reservists 他们已经征召了2万多名预备役军人。 Example sentencesExamples - What if there were a reinstatement of the draft and you were called up?
- Before becoming a teacher he was called up to do National Service and served in Germany.
- Chuck receives a letter calling him up to the army and refuses to serve.
- Only a year later Doug was called up to serve in the Royal Marines, while Betty went on to serve in the Army.
- His 19-year-old brother Aidan is also in the army and is currently waiting to see if he is called up to serve in the Gulf.
- When World War 1 broke out he was called up for the army.
- He was called up for the Army in 1939 and served in France during the war, and later in the Middle East.
- Then the government started conscription and I was called up.
- While fishing, Fred asks the bartender if he will go to war when they call up the old men.
- She was a member of the Territorial Army when she was called up to serve in the last conflict.
- 2.1Select someone to play in a team, especially at a higher level of competition.
he was called up from Columbus to finish the season with the Yankees Example sentencesExamples - Though she lost her debut matches, the tennis player hopes she will be called up to play for the senior team in the future.
- Ainsworth is the best of the three, and if he mows down Pacific Coast League hitters, the team will be tempted to call him up.
- After a stint in Hartford, he is called up to the big team.
- If he doesn't make the Olympic team, there's a good chance the Cubs will call him up in September.
- Romario knows that if Brazil do not find a consistent goalscorer soon, then the pressure to call him up will mount.
- ‘We called him up as the 17th player,’ the team manager said.
- He was called up and scored a century on his debut.
- In all honesty I hope the FO doesn't call up Bryant or Baez next season.
- My point is, the Rays aren't afraid to call up their young guys.
- The worst-case scenario with Crosby is that the organization calls him up anyway, and the Tigers lose lots of games.
1Summon for use something that is stored or kept available. 征用 icons that allow you to call up a graphic 允许你调出图形的图符。 Example sentencesExamples - Greg calls up the webpage and gets the tech support number.
- So I called up my credit file and went through all 40 pages of it.
- Onscreen icons launch programs with a click, and a movable tool bar calls up menus listing everyday programs.
- Detailed maps can be called up on screens and geographical intelligence deployed to officers.
- Digitally-enabled sports fans can select particular camera angles, or call up on-screen menus containing all kinds of background nuggets.
- Its details are logged on a card which the user takes away and the horse's details can be called up to be raced when the card is inserted into a machine.
- To make matters worse, online links to sites offering more information simply called up error pages.
- She calls up the XML version of the document in a structured editor on the left of the browser window.
- Once the customer has made a decision, the salesman calls up a three-dimensional image on his computer screen.
- It predicts what data the program is going to need next and calls it up ahead of time, storing the received but as-yet-unrequired data in main memory.
- 1.1Evoke something.
〈喻〉使人想起 the special effects that called up the Mars landscape were impressive Example sentencesExamples - Kearney began now to call up a vision in the future, as a moment before he had called up one of the past.
- ‘Home for the holidays’ is an often-used phrase this time of year, calling up images of friends and family gathered together to celebrate old traditions.
- The vegan diet usually calls up images of austerity and abstention.
- Nostalgia sells; people love to listen to music that calls those memories up.
- The metaphor calls up a vision of the artist's studio as the site of learning and experimentation.
- The opening movement, for flute and strings, calls up the lonely hills.
- The proposal is steeped in the language of agricultural protection, calling up images of an agriculture frozen in time.
- While no, I can't say that I've seen this exact storyline unfold before, I can say that it never stops calling up memories of other shows.
OriginLate Old English ceallian, from Old Norse kalla ‘summon loudly’. |