Phrase
calls for
verb
呼吁；要求
calls for is the third person singular of call for.
To request or demand something
- 1.
To shout out in order to summon (a person).
大声呼喊以召唤(某人)。
- 2.
To ask for in a loud voice.
大声要求；大声索要。
- 3.
To request, demand.
请求；要求。
- 4.
To necessitate, demand, exact; to make appropriate
需要；要求；使必要；使恰当。
- 5.
To stop at a place and ask for (someone).
到某处停下并叫(某人)
需要；要求；大声呼喊；大声要求；（去某处）接；找；大声呼喊以召唤(某人)。；大声要求；大声索要。
In use
The report calls for stricter regulations to protect the environment.
We need to call for a doctor immediately; she's having a severe allergic reaction.
The protesters called for peace and an end to violence.
call for sth
表示公开要求或呼吁某事。
The group called for an end to the war.
该组织要求结束战争。
call for sb
表示去接某人或叫某人来。
I will call for you at the airport.
我会去机场接你。
call for sb to do sth
表示要求某人做某事，比直接call for sth更具体。
The board called for the CEO to resign.
Connections
Collocations
- call for action
- 呼吁行动
- The protest called for action against climate change.抗议活动呼吁采取行动应对气候变化。
- call for help
- 请求帮助
- He called for help when he got lost.迷路时他请求帮助。
- call for a meeting
- 要求开会
- The manager called for a meeting to discuss the issues.经理要求开会讨论这些问题。
- call for a ban
- 呼吁禁止
- Many activists are calling for a ban on single-use plastics.许多活动人士呼吁禁止一次性塑料制品。
- call for an end
- 要求结束
- The UN called for an end to the violence.联合国要求结束暴力。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象在会议上举手高喊“要求发言”，就是“call for”的画面。
Context & Register
此义项（叫某人来）在日常生活和正式场合均可使用，语气中立。常见于医疗、服务等需要召唤的场景。
Grammar Note
通常接名词或代词作宾语
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.