Call in 作"请来"、的"找来"、的"召来"解,"请人来作某种专业的咨询或帮忙"的意思。如: Your father is ill, you should call in a doctor at once. 你父亲病了,应该马上去请个大夫来。 The police have been called in to help make it clear. 已请来了警察帮忙把这件事弄清楚。 Call on和call at的意思一样,都是"拜访""访问",但call on后接表示人的名词或代词,call at 后接表示地点或场所的词语。试比较: I called on the Smiths yesterday. 我昨天拜访了史密斯一家人。 I called at the Smith"s yesterday. 我昨天去了史密斯家。 I called on the doctor yesterday. 我昨天去拜访了医生。 I called at the doctor"s yesterday. 我昨天去了医务室。 call on还可以"号召",后面往往接动词不定式作宾语补主语。如: The headmaster called on the students to work harder. 校长号召学生们更努力地学习。 的 Call for 有几个不同的意思: 1.作"要求"、的"需要"、的"提倡"解。如: Success calls for hard work. 成功要靠勤奋。 People are calling for the freedom of all slaves. 人们要求解放所有奴隶。 The work calls for a lot of time. 这项工作需要大量时间。 2.表示"接(某人)"、的"来取(某物)"。如: I"ll call for you at sever this evening. 今晚七点我来接你。 We call for the package at the post office. 我们到邮局去取包裹。 3.表示"喊着要人取来",相当于ask for。如: The man sat down and called for a glass of beer. 那人坐下来,要了一杯啤酒。 Call up是"打电话"之意,相当于ring up或telephone或phone。 如: I"ll call you up tomorrow. 我明天给你打电话。 另外,call up 还有"回想起"之意。如: Your letter called up the days when we worked together. 你的信使我回想起我们一同工作的日子。 |