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Call out 是什么意思?大声喊,与公开指出错误的区别

Call out to him 是朝他大声喊,called him out 却可以表示公开批评他。To 是否出现、代词放在哪里,会改变这个短语的意思。

Call out 表示大声喊出或说出名字、数字、答案,也可以表示朝某人大喊以引起注意:call out to someone。Call someone out 还可以表示公开指出某人的不当行为或错误,常用 on 引出具体事情:She called him out on his rude comments。

想在对话中用 call out 吗?

练习在对话中灵活使用英语词汇

开始学习

call out + name/number/answer; call out to + person; call + person + out (on + behaviour); call out + plumber/doctor (UK)

  • At the gate, an airline worker called out our names and checked our passports again.
  • I called out to my neighbour, but she didn't hear me over the traffic.
  • My friend called me out on being late all the time, and she was right.

修改原因

修改前I called out him across the street, but he had headphones on.

修改后I called out to him across the street, but he had headphones on.

从远处向某人喊话时,要用 to:called out to him。这里省略它,结构就不对。如果把代词放在中间,写成 called him out,意思又会变成公开批评对方。

Cambridge Dictionary

英式英语中,call out 也可以表示紧急请维修人员或医生上门:We had to call out a plumber on Sunday night。叫出租车通常不用这个短语,而说 call a taxi 或 book a taxi。

动手练习

When her manager presented her idea as his own, Mia ___ on it in front of the whole team.

(called him out / called him up)

查看答案

called him out — Mia 当着整个团队质疑经理把她的想法据为己有,所以选 called him out。Called him up 表示给他打电话,但这里需要表达公开指出问题。

写一次你或在场的人公开指出别人不当行为的经历。说明哪里不妥,以及对方怎样回应。

At a team meeting, I called a colleague out on interrupting new people, and he apologised and let them finish.

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