談?wù)凜all in, Call on, Call at, Call for

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Call in 作"請來"、"找來"、"召來"解,"請人來作某種專業(yè)的咨詢或幫忙"的意思。如:
     Your father is ill, you should call in a doctor at once.你父親病了,應(yīng)該馬上去請個大夫來。
     The police have been called in to help make it clear.
     已請來了警察幫忙把這件事弄清楚。
     Call on和call at的意思一樣,都是"拜訪""訪問",但call on后接表示人的名詞或代詞,call at 后接表示地點或場所的詞語。試比較:
     I called on the Smiths yesterday.
     我昨天拜訪了史密斯一家人。
     I called at the Smith's yesterday.
     我昨天去了史密斯家。
     I called on the doctor yesterday.
     我昨天去拜訪了醫(yī)生。
     I called at the doctor's yesterday.
     我昨天去了醫(yī)務(wù)室。
     另外,call on還可以"號召",后面往往接動詞不定式作賓語補(bǔ)主語。如:
     The headmaster called on the students to work harder.校長號召學(xué)生們更努力地學(xué)習(xí)。
     Call for 有幾個不同的意思:
     1.作"要求"、"需要"、"提倡"解。如:
     Success calls for hard work.
     成功要靠勤奮。
     People are calling for the freedom of all slaves.人們要求解放所有奴隸。
     The work calls for a lot of time.
     這項工作需要大量時間。
     2.表示"接(某人)"、"來?。澄铮?.如:
     I'll call for you at sever this evening.
     今晚七點我來接你。
     We call for the package at the post office.我們到郵局去取包裹。
     3.表示"喊著要人取來",相當(dāng)于ask for.如:
     The man sat down and called for a glass of beer.
     那人坐下來,要了一杯啤酒。
     Call up是"打電話"之意,相當(dāng)于ring up或telephone或phone. 如:
     I'll call you up tomorrow.
     我明天給你打電話。
     另外,call up 還有"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們一同工作的日子。