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call /kɔ:l/ I. n. ［c］ 1. 呼喊：a call for help 呼救声 Please remain within call. 请不要走远(留在可以听到呼唤的地方)。2.电话：make a call to sb. 打电话给某人；give sb. a call=give a call to sb.打电话给某人 3. 拜访: pay a call on sb. 拜访某人  ‖II.vt.& vi. 1. 叫，喊：Why doesn’t the servant come when I call? 当我叫人时,为什么仆人不来?  Call me at 7, please. 请在7点钟叫我。She called to her father for help.她向她父亲呼喊求救。2.拜访：He called to take her to the theatre. 他登门请她去剧院。She calls on me every Sunday. 她每星期日都来看我。Do you think we should call at Bob’s while we are in London? 你认为我们在伦敦时该不该去鲍勃家? 3.称，取名 (可跟复合宾语)： We call the baby Jack. 我们给婴儿起名叫杰克。You may call it whatever you like.你爱叫它什么就叫什么。4.给…打电话 I called him this morning, but he was out.我今天早晨给他打电话，可他出去了。Please call again later. 请晚一会儿再来电话。5.召集人(开会等)：The minister called the union leaders to a meeting. 部长召集协会负责人开会。 6.构成短语动词 call at到某地作短暂访问：He called at my house last Friday. 他上星期五来我家。call back召回；取消；回想；回电话；回访：I’ll call back later when your wife’s at home. 回头等你夫人在家时我再来拜访。Call back in an hour — he’ll be here then. 一小时之后再打电话吧─他就回来了。call for 1.要求：call for the waiter 召唤侍者；call for help 呼救［考句］A well-written composition calls for good choice of words and clear organization among other things.一篇优秀文章的标准之一是要求用词恰当，结构清晰。［考句］This article calls for more attention to the problem of cultural interference in foreign language teaching and learning.这篇文章要求更多地注意外语教学中的文化干扰问题。2.(去某处)接人或物：I’ll call for you at your home. 我将到府上接您。The businessman calls for orders every Monday. 那个商人每星期一来取定货单。call in 1.叫某人进入：I waited only two minutes before I was called in. 我只等了两分钟就被叫进去了。2.派人去请：Your mother is very ill. Call in a doctor at once. 你妈妈病得厉害。马上请个医生来。call in/into question导致怀疑：These findings call into question the legitimacy of the proceedings. 这些发现引起了整个过程合法性的怀疑。call it a day 停止工作：I’m getting a bit tired now - shall we call it a day?我现在有点累了，停止工作好吗？call off 取消：［考句］The sports meet, originally due to be held last Friday, was finally called off because of the bad weather.原定于上周五举行的运动会最后因天气不好而取消了。call on/upon 1. 拜见某人：［考句］ Our manager is calling on an important customer now and he will be back this afternoon.我们的经理这会儿在会见一位重要客户，但他下午将回来。 2.呼吁，号召：Many of those songs called on the workers to take up the struggle. 那些歌曲中，有许多是号召工人们起来进行斗争的。call out大声叫：I heard someone call out to me from downstairs. 我听到楼下有人大声叫我。call up 1.打电话： Call me up tomorrow. My number is 5742584. 请明天给我打电话，我的电话号码是5742584。 2.使回忆起： That picture calls up memories of a holiday I had when I was a child. 那张照片使我回忆起我在幼年时度过的一个假日。3.征召：He was called up in 1917. 1917年他应征入伍了。