call
/ˈkɔl/KK
變化形
called
calling
calls
called
1.
打電話給；通電話
使用電話聯絡某人。
用法：常用「call＋人」；不必在受詞前加介系詞。
Please call the doctor before you go there.
請在你去那裡之前先打電話給醫生。
I am going to call my mom after I get home from school.
我放學回家後要打電話給媽媽。
2.
叫；喊；呼叫
說出或喊出某人的名字或話語，以引起注意或請對方過來。
用法：可用「call＋人」或「call out＋話語」。
The teacher called the girl’s name, but she did not hear it.
老師叫那個女孩的名字，但她沒有聽到。
Call for help if you see someone get hurt.
如果你看到有人受傷，請打電話求救。
3.
稱呼；叫作
以某個名稱、稱謂或描述來指稱人或事物。
用法：常用句型為「call＋受詞＋名稱／形容詞」。
In Chinese, we call this sweet rice food by a name.
用中文，我們用一個名字叫這個甜米食。
My family calls me by my Chinese name.
我的家人用我的中文名字叫我。
還有 3 個進階的意思（國小之後才會學到）
4.
要求；請求；呼籲
正式或公開地要求某人採取行動，或要求某事發生。
用法：常接「for＋名詞」或「on＋人＋to＋原形動詞」。
Doctors called on people to stay home when they were sick.
醫師呼籲民眾生病時待在家裡。
The students called for more trash cans at school.
學生們要求學校裡多放一些垃圾桶。
5.
召集；宣布舉行
要求一群人集合，或宣布會議、活動等將要舉行。
用法：受詞常為會議、集會或投票。
Our class leader called everyone together before the school trip.
校長出發前，我們的班長把大家叫到一起。
The school leader called a meeting with the parents.
校長和家長們開了一場會議。
6.
判定；作出裁決
依規則、證據或個人判斷作出決定，尤其指比賽或爭議中的裁決。
用法：常見「call＋受詞＋形容詞」及「call it＋形容詞」。
The teacher called the end of the game near the end.
老師在比賽快結束時宣布結束。
It is hard to call it right when only some students get more time.
只有一些學生有更多時間時，很難說這是對的。
常見錯誤
I called to my mother last night.
I called my mother last night.
The teacher called me to answer the question.
The teacher called on me to answer the question.
My friend called me a phone yesterday.
My friend called me yesterday.
They called off the meeting because of rain yesterday already.
They already called off the meeting because of the rain yesterday.
相關字詞
學習提示
・call 最核心的用法是「打電話給某人」，句型是「call＋人」。
・「call＋人＋名稱」表示「稱某人為……」；「call＋會議」表示「召開會議」。
・call 可作名詞，常指「電話、呼叫、要求或判定」，例如「a phone call」與「a difficult call」。
・部分片語動詞可分開使用，例如「call the meeting off」；但代名詞作受詞時要放在中間，例如「call it off」。