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词汇 call-for
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call for someone


phrasal verb with callverbuk /kɔːl/ us /kɑːl/
B1
to go to a place in order to collect someone: (去某地)接…
I'll call for you at eight.我8点钟来接你。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Transferring and transporting objects
air freight
bear
bearer
borne
bring
budge
carry
conveyance
hump
import
light speed
manhandle
paper round
payload
pick
pick someone/something up
shunt
transference
truck
wheel

call for something


phrasal verb with callverbuk /kɔːl/ us /kɑːl/
to need or deserve a particular action, remark, or quality: 需要;值得;应该
This calls for a celebration!这值得庆祝一下!
It's the sort of work that calls for a high level of concentration.这类工作需要注意力高度集中。
He told you that you were an idiot? Well, I don't think that was called for (= I think it was rude and not deserved)!他说你是白痴?那么,我觉得真是太不应该了!
C2
to demand that something happens: 号召,呼吁;要求
Members have called for his resignation.成员们要求他辞职。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to ask for something
ask forI asked the waiter for another glass.
requestThe department has requested permission to spend money on new equipment.
apply forWe applied for planning permission to build an extension.
demandPeople are demanding the right to return to their homes.
appeal forThe prime minister appealed for calm.
call forA group of religious leaders are calling for an end to racism and injustice in the city.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Essential or necessary
a man's gotta do what a man's gotta doidiom
baked in
basically
basis
be a question of doing somethingidiom
box ticking
elemental
hang
hang on/upon something
have occasion to do somethingidiom
if need beidiom
if/when push comes to shoveidiom
meat and potatoesidiom
necessary
necessary evil
necessitate
owe
symbiosis
symbiotic
symbiotically

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Giving orders & commands

call for someone | American Dictionary


call for someone


phrasal verb with callverbus/kɔl/

(COME TO GET)


to go to a place in order to meet someone and travel together to another place:
He’ll call for you at seven and bring you to the restaurant.

call for something


phrasal verb with callverbus/kɔl/

(SUGGEST STRONGLY)


to suggest strongly that something should happen or is necessary:
Many minority leaders called for the immediate resignation of the police commissioner.
Talking that way to your parents just wasn’t called for (= was extreme and not necessary).

call for sth | Business English


call for sth


phrasal verb with callverbuk /kɔːl/us
to say publicly that something should happen or is necessary:
call for a ban/inquiry/investigation, etc.They called for an investigation into how the investments were made and who is responsible.
He called for the results of the survey to be made public.
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