call的常用短语

call around
四处（给……）打电话
He’s being calling around trying to get the best price on a computer.他正四下打电话，想找到买计算机的最优价格。

call at
拜访（某地）
Mr White was to call at my house after he finished his speech.
怀特先生演讲完之后，要去拜访我家。

call back
1.再度拜访，回访
I’ll call back later when your wife’s at home.
回头等您夫人在家，我再登门拜访。

2.（给……）再打电话，回电话
Call back in an hour——he’ll be here then.
一个小时之后再打电话过来——那时候他就回来了。

call for
1.去（某人家）接（某人）
Shall I call for you at night?
我八点钟过来接你好吗？
2.需要，要求有（行动或品质）
What she’s doing calls for great skill and courage.
她的工作需要很高的技能和勇气。

3.（天气预报）预报（会有某种天气）
The forecast today calls for mostly sunny conditions with a light wind.天气预报说今天以晴天为主，有微风。

4.（公开）要求；向……呼吁
A total ban on nuclear weapons has been called for.
人们呼吁全面禁止核武器。

call forth
激起，导致（反应）
Her remarks have called forth harsh criticism in the media.她的话招致媒体的严厉批评。

call in
1.（顺道短暂）拜访，来访
She often calls in for a chat.
她经常顺路过来聊会天。

2.召来，请来
He threatened to call in the police.
他威胁要叫警察。

3.召回（有问题的产品）
The manufacturers have called in the faculty goods.
制造商已召回次品。

4.要求归还，要求付清
The bank called in the loan.
银行要求立即还清贷款。

call off
取消，放弃
The meeting was called off at the last minute.
会议临到最后取消了。

call on
1.（短暂）拜访某人
On our way back, we called on grandma.
在回去的路上，我们看望了奶奶。

2.号召;要求
The Ministry of Education calls on students to exercise for one hour every day.教育部要求学生每天锻炼一小时。

call out
1.打电话请病假
If you always call out on Mondays it looks suspicious.
如果你老是星期一打电话请病假，会显得很可疑。

2.（紧急时）召唤人帮忙
I‘ve never had to call the doctor out at night before.
我们不得不叫电工过来。

3.命令罢工，通知罢工
Miners were called out on strike by union leaders.
工会领导人号召矿工罢工。

4.批评，指责
Critics are calling the company out for releasing such shabby software.
评论家抨击该公司发布如此蹩脚的软件。

call up
1.征召（服役或参战）
When the war began, he was too old to be called up.
战争爆发时，他已经超过了应征入伍的年龄了。

2.使忆起；使想起
The sound of their laughter called up memories of his own childhood.
他们的笑声唤起了他的童年记忆。