Phrase
calling on
拜访；访问
calling on is the present participle of call on.
to visit someone
- 1.
To visit (a person); to pay a call to.
拜访(某人)；访问。
- 2.
To select (a student in a classroom, etc.) to provide an answer.
点名(让学生等)回答问题
- 3.
To request or ask something of (a person); to select for a task.
向(某人)请求或要求某事；选派其执行任务。
- 4.
To have recourse to.
求助于；依靠
点名让（学生）回答；叫（学生）发言；请求；要求；指派；求助于；诉诸；动用；拜访(某人)；访问。；点名(让学生等)回答问题
In use
We called on our grandparents last weekend.
The president called on the nation to unite.
The teacher called on the student to answer the question.
call on sb
用于表示拜访某人。
I will call on my grandmother this weekend.
这个周末我会去拜访我的祖母。
call on sb to do sth
用于正式请求或呼吁某人做某事。
The president called on the nation to unite.
总统呼吁全国人民团结起来。
Verb forms
base call on · third person calls on · -ing calling on · past called on · past participle called on
规则动词短语；on是介词
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- call on someone to do something
- 号召/呼吁某人做某事
- The president called on the nation to unite.总统呼吁全国人民团结起来。
- call on someone
- 拜访某人
- I called on my grandmother yesterday.我昨天拜访了我的祖母。
- call on the government
- 呼吁政府
- Activists called on the government to take action.活动人士呼吁政府采取行动。
- call on the public
- 呼吁公众
- The charity called on the public to donate.慈善机构呼吁公众捐款。
- call on someone for help
- 请求某人帮助
- She called on her neighbor for assistance.她请求邻居帮忙。
- call on a friend
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象‘打电话上门’：call（呼叫）+ on（在…上），上门呼叫即访问、呼吁。
Context & Register
通常用于正式场合，表示号召、呼吁、约请或访问。语气较正式。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.