call down

英 [kɔːl daʊn]

美 [kɔːl daʊn]

引起，招惹; 责骂（申斥）（某人）（

英英释义

verb

• censure severely or angrily
  1. The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
  2. The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
  3. The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
  Synonym:call on the carpettake to taskrebukeragtrouncereprooflecturereprimandjawdress downscoldchideberatebawl outremonstratechew outchew uphave wordslambastelambast
• summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
  1. raise the specter of unemployment
  2. he conjured wild birds in the air
  3. call down the spirits from the mountain
  Synonym:raiseconjureconjure upinvokeevokestirarousebring upput forwardcall forth

双语例句

• I'll call an o.b.resident down to supervise.
  我会叫位妇科住院医生下来监督的。
• A righteous call of an officer down is my job.
  将一名警官的死付诸正义，是我的工作。
• The call went echoing down the empty aisles and died out in the distance in a faint sound that resembled a ripple of mocking laughter.
  叫声回荡在通道里，渐渐远去，直至最后隐约听上去像是阵阵笑声一样消失在通道深处。
• To take a liberty would call down her majesty's wrath.
  放肆会惹得女王大怒。
• I wondered what on earth this Mencken had done to call down upon him the scorn of the South.
  我想知道这个门肯究竟做了什么事，以至于招惹南方对他的轻蔑。
• Don't call down the gods, they can't save you.
  不要祈求神灵了，他们救不了你的。
• Hung-chien went with Hsin-mei and there they saw ku, who was waving his arms and stamping his feet to call them down.
  鸿渐跟辛楣去一看，就是顾先生，手舞足蹈地叫他们下来。
• Don't call Linda down for that mistake. I'm sure that she didn't make it on purpose.
  不要为了那个错误谴责琳达，我确信她不是故意犯错。
• Call Center can cut down the cost, increase the revenue, improve the degree of customer satisfaction for the enterprise.
  呼叫中心可以使企业降低成本、增加收入以及提高客户满意度。
• 71He began to call down curses on himself, and he swore to them," I don't know this man you're talking about. "
  彼得就发咒起誓地说：“我不认得你们说的这个人！”