参考词典中call down的常规释义:
基本释义
- 祈求;引起,招惹;责骂,斥责
参考例句
- She calls down God's wrath on him.
她祈求上帝惩罚他。 - The boss called them down for carelessness.
老板责备他们粗心大意。 - This is called turning things upside down.
这叫做本末倒置。
- She calls down God's wrath on him.
英英解释
2个动词解释
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
[同] conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, put forward, raise, stir
[例]- raise the specter of unemployment
- he conjured wild birds in the air
- call down the spirits from the mountain
- censure severely or angrily
[同] dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce, chew out, chew up, chide
[例]- The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
- The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
- The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
点击查看……- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic