call既可用作動詞，又可用作名詞。call用作動詞時，既可作及物動詞用。也可作不及物動詞用？現對其用法作一簡單歸納：
一. 用作及物動詞時有以下意義:
1. 叫;呼喚;叫來?例如:
Call a doctor at once. 快點叫個醫生來?
I called you but you didn’t hear me. 我喊你,但你卻沒聽見?
Call a taxi for me. 幫我叫輛計程車?
2. 稱(某人)為……,取名?例如:
His friends call him Bob. 他的朋友都叫他鮑勃?
3. 認為;稱為……?例如:
We called this a success. 我們認為這是一件成功的事?
4. 給……打電話?例如:
I called him this morning. 今天早上我給他打了個電話?
5. 邀請?例如:
Will you call the family to dinner? 你要邀請那一家來吃飯嗎?
二. call用作不及物動詞時有以下意義:
1. 呼;喊;大叫?例如:
She called to me for help. 她向我呼救?
2. 訪問;拜訪?例如:
A lady called while you were out. 你不在家的時候,有個女士來訪?
3. 要求?例如:
Obey when duty calls. 服從工作需要?
4. 打電話?例如:
He promised to call at noon. 他答應中午打電話來?
三. call用作名詞時有以下意義:
1. 呼聲;叫聲?例如:
We heard a call for help last night. 昨晚我們聽到呼救聲?
2. 訪問?例如:
He made several calls during the day. 他在那一天中拜訪了好幾個人?
3. 電話;通話?例如:
I』ve just had a call from Tom. 我剛剛接到湯姆打來的電話?
4. 需要;要求?例如:
She is a busy woman with many calls on her time. 她是個大忙人,有很多事等著她去辦?
四. 含call的常用短語有:
1. call on/upon sb to do sth號召某人幹某事;懇求?請(叫)某人幹某事?例如:
The headmaster called on the students to work harder. 校長號召學生們更努力地學習?
We are calling upon you to help us. 我們懇求你的幫助?
2. call on/upon sb拜訪;看望某人; call at somewhere登門拜訪?例如:
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. 我昨天去看了醫生?
I called at the doctor’s yesterday. 我昨天去了醫務室?
3. call out大聲叫喊?例如:
The boy called out for help to the people on the shore. 那個男孩向岸上的人大聲呼救?
4. call in 找來;請來(有目的,為了某一任務)?例如:
Your father is ill, you should call in a doctor at once. 你父親病了,你應該馬上請個大夫來?
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?
5. call for要求,需要;提倡,號召; 叫(某人);接(某人,某物);喊著要……?例如:
People are calling for freedom of all slaves. 人們要求解放所有的奴隸?
Your plan will call for a lot of manpower and money. 你的計劃需要花大量的人力和財力?
Success calls for hard work. 成功要靠勤奮?
The workers are calling for strike action in that country. 那個國家的工人們正在號召起來罷工?
Our experiment will call for a lot of money. 我們的實驗將需要許多錢?
The baby is calling for his mother. 孩子哭著找媽媽?
I will call for you at ten o』clock. 我10點鐘來接你?
The man sat down and called for a glass of beer. 那個人坐下來,要了一杯啤酒?
6. call up給……打電話;徵召;使想起(往事);叫醒?例如:
On reaching Beijing, she called up her mother. 一到北京,她就給她母親打了電話?
Call me up if you have any questions. 如果你有問題要問,請給我打電話?
In most countries, men are called up at the age of eighteen. 在大多數國家,男子18歲就被徵召服役?
His brother was called up right at the beginning of war. 戰爭一開始,他哥哥就被徵召入伍?
The photo calls up the story of my grandmother. 這張照片使我想起了我的祖母?
The sound of the birds called up happy memories of my childhood holidays. 鳥叫聲使我想起我童年時度假的美好回憶?
What time shall I call you up? 我幾點叫你起床?
The doctor was called up four times last night to attend the case. 醫生昨晚被叫了四次來料理這個病人?
8. call away 叫走;把……叫開?例如:
She was called away from the meeting to answer an urgent phone call. 她被叫出會場去接一個緊急電話?
9. call back 叫回,召回;回電話?例如:
They called him back from America. 他們把他從美國召回來?
She said she』d call back. 她說她會再打電話來?
10. call off 取消?例如:
The game was called off because of bad weather. 因天氣惡劣,比賽被取消了?
鞏固練習:
1. The Party and government ____the people to control population growth.
A. called off B. called for
C. called up D. called at
2. I meant____ you, but I was so busy.
A. to call on B. calling on
C. to call at D. calling at
3. —My sister is a typist at a foreign firm.
—I know this sort of work____ skill and speed.
A. asks for B. calls for
C. looks for D. waits for
4. —Did you____ your sister when you were in Shanghai?
—Yes, and I also____ my uncle’s during my stay there.
A. call on; called on B. dropped on; visit
C. call on; called at D. call at; called on
5. The ship____ several ports to pick up passengers before crossing the ocean.
A. calls for B. calls up
C. calls on D. calls at
6. —What about going to the International Women Forum this evening?
—That’s great. I』ll____ you at 6∶00 sharp.
A. call up B. call to
C. call on D. call for
7. The baby is badly ill, please call____ a doctor.
A. in B. for C. at D. up
8. In my opinion more work does not always____ more men.
A. call on B. call at
C. call for D. call up
9. The head of the workshop thought it necessary____ workers for a meeting.
A. calling on B. calling in
C. to call on D. to call in
10. The sound of happy laughter____ memories of his childhood.
A. called on B. called at
C. called for D. called up
11. That was so serious a matter that I had no choice but____ the police.
A. called in B. calling in
C. call in D. to call in
12. The sports meet, originally due to be held last Friday, was finally
____because of the bad weather.
A. set off B. worn off
C. broken off D. called off
13. A well-written composition____ good choice of words and clear organization.
A. calls on B. calls for
C. calls up D. calls off
14. He can’t do the job, because it calls____ skills and patience.
A. up B. for C. on D. in
Key: 1-5 BABCD6-10 DACDD11-14 DDBB
實習生：李帥男