动词词组 CALL 4

词组讲解

1. call sb. or a place up ***打电话

解 短语动词；词义溯源：［向上（up）］呼叫某人或某地

例 I'd call Tim up, if I had a mobile phone. We really should call him and let him know about

this. I mean, I know I'd want somebody to call me if my pet dog got hit by a car. Is there a public

phone around here?

2. call one's attention to sth. / call sth. to one's attention **使注意

解 习语；词义溯源：引起某人对某物的［注意（attention）］

例 Dear Sirs, I'd like to call your attention to the advertisement you placed in the Chicago

Herald¹ Tribune on February 12th of this year. Please notice that there is no mention of a service

charge. Your advertisement says the price of the dinner for six people is $56. The $10 service

charge that your Highland² Heights restaurant charged me is therefore not right （and not legal）.

You can only charge the price that is advertised. I request a refund³ of the $10 I paid.

3. call one's bluff⁴ **（打扑克时，认为对方只是虚张声势）诱使对方摊牌

解 习语；词义溯源：对［（在牌局中装作自己手里有大牌而）虚张声势（bluff）］的

人叫牌

例 I'm tired of him threatening to “bring action against us. ” I doubt he even has enough

money to afford a lawyer. It's all a bluff—nothing but an empty threat. It's time we called his bluff.

Either he does what he says he can do or he shuts up and leaves us alone!

4. call the dogs off **停止追踪（或调查）

解 〈口〉习语；词义溯源：要求［狗（dogs）］［停止（off）］追捕

例 The President himself had to order the FBI to call the dogs off. Their pressure on the A

organization was starting to become politically embarrassing to the administration, especially at a

time when his Secretary of State is engaged in negotiations⁵ with A organization's leaders to gain

their recognition and acceptance of B organization.

5. call the shots 〔tune⁶〕 **控制（局面），发号施令；定调子，决定一切

解 〈口〉习语；词义溯源：要求［开枪（shots）］或定［调子（tune）］

例 Be sure you talk to a person with authority. And don't be impressed with titles. Often the

person who actually calls the shots is an aide or assistant. Save yourself time and effort—find the

person who makes the decisions and talk with him.

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