[] to telephone sb 给（某人）打电话◆You can call him on his cellphone. 你可以给他的手机打电话。◆I called the office to tell them I'd be late. 我给办公室打电话，告诉他们我可能会晚到一会儿。
[] () call (on sb/in)to make a short visit to a person or place 短暂访问◆I was out when the sales rep called. 销售代表来拜访时，我不在家。
[] to order sth to happen; to announce that sth will happen 下令开始；宣布进行◆I've called a meeting of the management team to try to resolve the problem. 我召集管理团队开会，试图解决这个问题。◆The union has called a national strike. 工会已呼吁进行全国罢工。➡ see note at arrange
[] to predict what will happen to sth 预测；预示◆She believes that analysts have called the bottom of the market (= predicted that the prices of shares, etc. will begin to rise) too early. 她认为分析员预测市场已达到谷底还为时过早。
[] (often be called) to order sb to come to a place 召唤某人至某处◆Several candidates were called for a second interview. 有几位应徵者得到通知去参加第二次面试。
() [] call sth (back/in)to demand that sb immediately pays back the money they owe 要求（某人）还款◆The bank has threatened to call a €460 million loan. 银行扬言要立即收回 4.60 亿欧元的贷款。
() [] call a bond | call in a bond to pay back the money that was borrowed with a bond 收兑债券；归还债券款◆The bond can be called after five years for a price of $1 100. 这债券可以在五年後以 1 100 元的价格收兑。
() [] to require sb to give evidence to a court or to government officials 传唤（某人出庭或向政府官员）作证◆to call a witness 传唤证人
●ˌcall (sb) colˈlect () to make a telephone call which is paid for by the person that you are telephoning 用对方付费方式打电话➡reverse-charge ●call in the reˈceiversto appoint an independent person to manage the financial affairs of a business because it is unable to pay its debts 委派独立接管人（管理破产企业的财务）◆The company has called in the receivers after losing the support of its bankers. 公司在失去其银行支持後已安排独立接管人管理财务。●call sb/sth to ˈorderto ask people in a meeting to be quiet so that the meeting can start or continue （会议中）要求某人保持安静●ˌcall the ˈshots/ˈtune () to be the person who controls a situation 定调子；发号施令；操盘➡ idiom at play noun, question noun ●ˌcall ˈbackto visit sb again for a particular purpose 再次拜访（某人）◆I'll call back for your order this evening. 我今晚将为订单一事再次拜访你。●ˌcall ˈback●ˌcall sb ˈbackto telephone sb again or to telephone sb who telephoned you earlier 再给某人打电话；给某人回电话●ˈcall for sth●ˈcall for sb to do sthto publicly ask for sth to happen; to need sth 公开要求；需要◆The business plan calls for further cost reductions. 这商业计划要求进一步降低成本。●ˌcall ˈinto telephone a place, especially the place where you work 电话叫入；打电话到（工作单位）◆Several people have called in sick today. 今天有好几个人打电话来请病假。●ˌcall sb ˈinto ask for the services of sb 召来，叫来某人（提供服务）◆We called in Ernst & Young as consultants. 我们请了安永国际会计公司作顾问。●ˌcall sth ˈin () to order or ask for the return of sth 下令召回某物；要求退回某物◆Cars with serious faults have been called in by the manufacturers. 存在严重缺陷的汽车已被制造商收回。SYNrecall ●ˌcall sth ˈoffto cancel sth; to decide that sth will not happen 取消；停止进行◆The deal was called off after the buyer reduced its offer. 买方降低报价後交易被中止。➡ see note at postpone ●ˈcall on sb
( ˈcall upon sb, formal ) to ask or demand that sb do sth 请求，要求（某人做某事）◆The unions have called on government to support their demands. 工会请求政府支持他们的要求。
to visit sb for a short time 短暂拜访某人◆Her job is to call on schools to talk to teachers about the material. 她的工作就是拜访学校，和老师谈材料的事。
( ˈcall upon sb, formal ) to formally invite or ask sb to speak 邀请，要求（某人讲话）◆I now call upon the chairman to address the meeting. 我现在邀请主席在会上讲话。
●ˌcall ˈup●ˌcall sb ˈupto telephone sb 打电话给某人●ˌcall sth ˈupto use sth that is stored or kept available 调用；调出（备用的东西）◆I called up his address on the computer. 我从计算机里调出了他的地址。
