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

• 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。
• 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。
• If you don't change your ways, you'll call down the wrath of God upon yourself.
  如果你不改变你的做法，你将会受到上帝的惩罚。
• Neglect to join up a break, to adjust your ring-frame, to keep the roller belt in place or to keep your loom clean, will call down the wrath of the foremen or thugs.
  只要断了线不接，锭壳轧坏，皮辊摆错方向，乃至车板上有什么堆积，就会遭到毒骂和毒打。
• Give me a call if you can come down on the price.
  等你们降价，再打个电话给我。
• 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。
• Hey, Miss Patterson, could you call down to Media and have them send up the video tape of the Giants-Broncos Super Bowl and have them edit out the commercials and talkin'and stuff?
  嗯，帕特森小姐，能不能麻烦你告诉媒体部把超级杯大赛巨人队对野马队的录像带送来，顺便让他们把广告等剪掉？
• 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。
• Why didn't you call us before coming down here?
  为什么你来之前没给我们打电话？