1.call sb\sth +sth ,给……取名为，称某人为……；认为……是……；认为某人做某事，把某物算作是……

They decided to call the baby Mark.

他们决定给婴儿取名马克。

I always wanted to call the dog Mufty for some reason.

不知怎么的,我老想把这条狗唤作穆夫提。

'Doctor*' — 'Will you please call me Sarah?'

“大夫*”——“就叫我萨拉好了。”

His name's Hiroshi but everyone calls him Hiro.

他名叫广志，但人们都称他广。

I wouldn't call German an easy language.

我并不认为德语是一门容易学的语言。

Are you calling me a liar?

你是说我撒谎？

He was in the front room, or the lounge or whatever you want to call it.

他当时在客厅，或者说是在起居室，或者在叫什么都行的房间里。

I make it ten pounds forty-three you owe me. Let's call it ten pounds.

我算下来你欠我十英镑四十三便士。就算作十英镑吧。

2.call oneself sth把自己称为；自诩

Call yourself a friend? So why won't you help me, then?

你说你够朋友？够朋友怎么不肯帮我？

She's no right to call herself a feminist.

她无权以女权主义者身份自居。

Anyone can call themselves a psychotherapist.

谁都可以自称是心理治疗师。

3. 打电话叫

call the fire department/the police/a doctor/an ambulance

打电话叫消防队 / **察 / 医生 / 救护车

The doctor has been called to an urgent case.

医生接到电话去看急症。

I'll call a taxi for you.

我来打电话给你叫辆出租车。

I'll call you a taxi.

我来打电话给你叫辆出租车。

He screamed for his wife to call an ambulance

他尖叫着让他老婆打电话叫救护车。

打电话给某人call sb

Would you call me as soon as you find out?

你一弄清楚了就给我打电话好吗？

I made a phone call to the United States to talk to a friend

我打电话给美国的一个朋友。

4. call for sb （去）接某人；号召，要求

I'll call for you at 7 o'clock.

我7点钟去接你。

call for sth需要；（公开）要求；去取某物；呼吁，号召，需要

The situation calls for prompt action.

目前的形势需要立即采取行动。

‘I've been promoted.’ ‘This calls for a celebration!’

“我升职了。”“那得庆祝一下！”

The occasion calls for quick action.形势需要采取紧急行动。

They called for the immediate release of the hostages.

他们要求立即释放**。

The opposition have called for him to resign.

反对派已要求他辞职。

He has also called for an acceleration of political reforms.

他同时呼吁加快**改革的步伐。

She'd lost count of the interviews she'd been called for.

她都记不清接受过多少次采访了。

Mr Gould called for a move towards 'one man one vote'

古尔德先生号召采取“一人一票制”。

He’ll call for the mail on his way home.在回家的路上他要去取邮件。

There have been calls for a new kind of security arrangement.

不少人呼吁**新的安全措施。

'Have you got just plain chocolate?' — 'No, I'm afraid there's not much call for that.'

“你们有纯巧克力吗?”——“没有,恐怕那东西没几个人要。

A meeting has been called for Monday.

兹定于周一召开会议。

5.call at 访问（某处）；（车船等）停靠某地

Two men claiming to be police officers called at the pastor's house and took him away

两个自称是**察的人来到牧师家里，把他带走了。

She always called at the vicarage whenever she was in the area

只要她在那一带，她总会去拜访教区牧师。

I'll now call at the vicarage and report to you in due course.

我现在要去教区牧师家拜访，然后适时向你汇报情况。

Do you think we should call at bob's while we are in london?

你认为我们在伦敦应该去鲍勃家去看望他吗？

She asked him to call at brown's hotel to see her daughter.

她要他去布朗旅馆见她的女儿。

I called on the director at his office.我到主任办公室找他。

call on an old friend拜访一位老朋友

He decided to pay a call on Tommy Cummings.

他决定去看望一下汤米·卡明斯。

call on 访问某人，号召，要求某人，邀请某人，呼吁

Sofia was intending to call on Miss Kitts.

索菲娅打算去拜访基茨**。

She called on us merely for the sake of courtesy.

她来访只是为了礼貌。

I called on you yesterday, but unfortunately you were out.

昨日来访，适值外出，甚憾。

I'm going to call on one of my former clas**ates.

我要去看望我的一位老同学。

She'll call on you this afternoon.

她今天下午要来见你。

I'll call on you in my spare time.

有空我去找你。

The President paid a courtesy call on Emperor Akihito.

总统对明仁**进行了礼节性的拜访。

In case of difficulty, just call on me.

如有困难，找我好了。

I call on everyone to renounce the use of violence and armed struggle

我呼吁每个人都放弃使用**和武装斗争。

He called on the authorities to stop public disorder

他呼吁当局制止公众**。

The United Nations Secretary General called on all parties to show moderation.

****呼吁各方要表现出克制。

The President called on his people to make sacrifices for the good of their country.

总统号召**为国家的利益作出牺牲。

The Party calls on us to study hard.**号召我们刻苦学习。

I now call upon the chairman to address the meeting.

现在请**向大会致辞。

A market researcher called at the house where he was living.

一位市场调查人员造访了他的住处。

The train calls at every station.火车每站必停。

This train calls at Didcot and Reading.

这趟列车在迪德科特和雷丁停车。

The steamer calls at several ports along the way.

一路上,汽船在好几个港口停靠。

6.call sb +adj说某人怎么样

She calls me lazy and selfish

她说我又懒又自私。

7.call off 取消

The meeting has been called off.会议已经取消。

Why was the football match called off?足球赛为什么取消了？