Call for, call in, call at等短语的用法区别

一、Call 的基本词义;

• n.  喊声, 叫声, 命令, 号召, 访问, 叫牌, 通话, 必要
• v.  呼叫, 召集, 称呼, 认为, 命名, 打电话
• vt., vi. （常与out连用）叫喊

二、Call 基本用法举例

1. to call for help呼救
2. Can you hear someone calling in the neighbourhood? 你能听见附近有人在喊叫吗?
3. Someone is calling for help.有人在大声呼救。
4. He called out to the children and threw the ball back to the bank.他大声招呼着那些小孩,并把球抛回到岸上。
5. There is no call to be anxious.没有焦急的必要。
6. The teacher called me over to his desk in class.老师在上课时叫我到他的书桌那儿去。
7. Mother is calling me.母亲在喊我。
8. The teacher called the naughty boy out to the front of the class.老师把那调皮的男生叫出来,站在全班面前。
9. The mayor called the union leaders of the factories to a meeting.市长召集工厂的工会领导人开会。
10. Some people on the bank called out to the man in the boat, but he did not hear them.岸上的一些人对着船上的人大声叫喊,但是他没有听见。
11. She stood at the door calling my name several times.她站在门口叫了几声我的名字。
12. 打电话
13. He seems to call me this morning but I was out.早上他好象给我打过电话,但我出去了。
14. Call me (up) this evening, if it's convenient to you.如果方便的话,今天晚上打个电话给我。
15. Please call me up this evening.请今晚给我打电话。
16. The office called to find out where you were this afternoon.办公室的人下午打电话来找过你。
17. I'll call you back soon.我会很快给你回电话的。
18. Call me (up) this afternoon.今天下午给我打个电话。

三、Call 的习惯搭配用法举例

（常与at, in, on连用）拜访，作短暂访问（或停留）

1. Call in, or ring us up. It's up to you.你可以亲自来访,也可以打电话来,由你定。
2. Let's call in on the old granny for some minutes.我们花几分钟去看看老奶奶吧。
3. Do you think we should call at Frank's when we go to New York?我们去纽约的时候,你看要不要去看看弗兰克?
4. The teacher has called to know if the students who were absent for the week have any difficulties.教师来过,问起上周缺课的同学有没有困难。
5. This long-distance coach calls at every stop along its journey.这趟长途汽车沿线每站都要停靠。
6. An old friend called on me the day before yesterday.前天一位老朋友来找过我。
7. The retired director called on at your office yesterday.已经退休了的董事昨天到你办公室来看过你。
8. We can call on our former teacher tomorrow.我们明天可以去拜访过去的老师。
9. Do you think we should call at Frank's when we go to New York?我们去纽约的时候,你看要不要去看看弗兰克?
10. In the letter he was asked to call at the station.信中说要他到警察局去一下。
11. I was out when he called.他来访时，我正好不在。

1、到某地取（某物）；邀约

• The police were called in.警察被召来了。
• You'd better call the doctor in.你们最好请医生来。
• Let's go to the night school together, and I'll call for you.咱们一起去夜校吧,到时候我来叫你。
• In the letter he was asked to call at the station.信中说要他到警察局去一下。
• He asked me to call for him at four o'clock in the afternoon.他要我下午四点钟来接他。
• Many experts have been called in for advice.许多专家被请来商量对策。
• The president called on the citizens to work hard for national unity.总统号召公民们为了国家的统一而努力工作。
• He will call for his book tomorrow.他明天来取他的书。

2、邀请；召集，召唤

• His youngest son was called up in 1914.他最小的儿子在一九一四年应召入伍。
• You don't have to call a doctor.你不必去叫医生来。
• to call a doctor请医生
• The government caledl out the army to suppress the workers' strike.政府出动了军队镇压工人罢工。

3、取名，起名

• They called the baby Helen after their beloved teacher.他们以他们敬爱的老师的名字海伦为他们的婴孩命名。
• We'll call the baby David.我们给这婴儿取名大卫。
• We'll call the baby James.我们将给这婴儿取名詹姆斯。

4、叫醒；唤醒

• Call him if the manager doesn't wake up in time.你们经理到时醒不来,就叫醒他。
• Call me (up) at six tomorrow morning.明早六点叫我起床。

5、认为；估计为

• I don't call that a good song.我说那算不上是首好歌。
• They call that an honor to their collective.他们认为那是他们集体的光荣。

5、想；以为；视为

• It is called a piano.它叫钢琴。
• The 'taxi' is a small Swiss aeroplane called a 'tank'.这辆`出租汽车'是一架小型瑞士飞机,叫`坦克。
• Everyone called him a coward.大家都称他是胆小鬼。
• Mark Twin was called a writer who understood boys.马克.吐温被称为了解男孩子们的作家。
• Nothing can be called unknowable.没有什么事物可以认为是不可知的。
• He called himself an architect.他把他自己叫做建筑师。
• Let's call it a day.今天就做到这里,收工吧。
• We call it an honour to our collective that Mather got the first prize in the composition contest.我们认为玛莎在作文比赛中荣获一等奖是我们集体的光荣。
• Frank did not call himself an artist.弗朗克不把他自己看成是一个艺术家。

四、Call 作名词的习惯用法：

1、邀请；召唤

• He answered the call to arms.他应征入伍。
• All the neighbours heard a call for help.邻居们都听到呼救声。

2、打电话，通话

• to make a long-distance call打长途电话
• There's a call for you, Mr. Kevin.凯文先生，有你的电话。

3、短暂拜访

• The ministers waited for a call to the palace.部长们等候着进宫召见。
• a call from the doctor医生的来访
• a call on a person拜访某人

4、需求；理由

• Sorry, there's no call for office workers now.很抱歉,现在不需要增添办公人员。
• There is no call to be anxious.没有焦急的必要。
• no call to be afraid没理由害怕

5、停靠；需要

• There is no call for us to adjust the price.我们无需调整价格。
• give (someone) a call给某人打电话
• I gave the headmaster a call but he was out.我给校长打了个电话,但他出去了。

6、on call  随时待命的；待用的；准备妥当的

•     The nurse is on call tonight.今夜护士随时待命

• give sb. a call给某人打电话
• make a formal call进行一次正式访问
• have no call for more money不需要更多的钱

五、Call 作动词的习惯用法：

1. call for需要；要求；值得：
2. to call for bid招标
3. The occasion calls for a cool head.这种场合需要冷静的头脑。
4. call forth唤起；引起；振作起
5. call off取消
6. The meeting has been called off.会议取消了。
7. call on拜访；号召；呼吁；邀请
8. I'll call on him tomorrow.明天我去拜访他。
9. call up召集；动员；使人想起 (= call upon)
10. call the roll点名
11. call a doctor请医生
12. call a meeting召集会议
13. Please call me at 6 tomorrow morning.请在明晨六点叫醒我。
14. Shall we call it five dollars?我们就算它是五块钱好吗?
15. My brother called me from Shanghai last night.我的兄弟昨晚从上海打电话给我。
16. I call that a shame.我认为那是一种耻辱。
17. She called to her father for help.她向她父亲喊叫求救。
18. I called at Mr. Green's house.我曾到格林先生家中拜访。
19. As the call, so the echo .

六、Call组成的惯用语

• at call即期交付; 随叫随到
• on call即期交付; 随叫随到
• be called at sb.'s back完全听命于某人
• be called away死去
• be called for(邮件)存局待领
• be called on被迫而...; 义不容辞...
• get the call当选; 被雇用
• receive a call接见, 接待
• return a call回拜; 答访
• there is no call for(或to)不需要...; 没有...的必要
• the call for duty责任感
• the call of nature大小便
• call after依...名字而命名; 追呼其后
• call at访问; 拜访; 停泊
• call back召回; 收回; 取消; 撤销; 回想, 回忆; 回电话
• call by[口]顺便到...去一下; 顺路访问
• call down[俗]斥责; 导致; 求降
• call for取; 接; 需求; 要求
• call forth唤起; 振起; 引起; 招致
• call in收集; 收回(货币)不再流通; 邀请
• call off取消; 叫走; 使转移
• call on拜访; 要求, 请求, 招致; 指名
• call upon拜访; 要求, 请求, 招致; 指名
• call out大声喊叫; 召集; 命令(工人)罢工; 使跃出; 向...挑战; 要求和...决斗
• call out at对某人高声叫喊
• call round拜访
• call up提醒; 使忆起; 传人到法庭; 召集; 应征入伍; 打电话; 使起立发言; 要求股东出资