Word · Frequency #1327
telephone
给…打电话;打电话
核心释义
及物时:telephone sb(给某人打电话);不及物时:telephone(打电话)
To contact or try to contact someone by telephone; to make a telephone call.
- 1.
To convey (information, a message, news, etc.) using a telephone (noun sense 1).
- 2.
To (attempt to) contact (someone) using a telephone.
- 3.
To (attempt to) contact someone using a telephone; to make a telephone call.
- 4.
通过电话联系或尝试联系
get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
打电话告知;用电话传达;通过电话联系或尝试联系;打电话
用法In use
I will telephone the doctor tomorrow morning to book an appointment.
用法提示:telephone 作动词,表示‘给某人打电话’。
She telephoned her mother to say she would be late.
用法提示:telephoned 是 telephone 的过去式,表示‘打电话给’。
He was telephoning the office when the line went dead.
用法提示:telephoning 是 telephone 的现在分词,表示‘正在打电话’。
telephone + sb
telephone作及物动词,直接接被叫的人。
I telephoned my mother yesterday.
我昨天给我母亲打了电话。
telephone + sb + to-infinitive
不定式表示目的。
She telephoned her assistant to confirm the meeting.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- telephone the police
- 打电话报警;通知警察
- She telephoned the police as soon as she saw the smoke.她一看到烟雾就打电话报了警。
- telephone for an ambulance
- 打电话叫救护车
- Luckily, a neighbor telephoned for an ambulance.幸运的是,一位邻居打电话叫了救护车。
- telephone your doctor
- 给医生打电话(咨询)
- If the pain continues, telephone your doctor.如果疼痛持续,就给你的医生打电话。
- telephone back
- 回电话
- Can I telephone you back later this afternoon?我今天下午晚些时候给你回电话可以吗?
- telephone ahead
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记忆法:telephone 后半截是 phone(电话),所以动词 telephonе 就是打电话。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:mixed 常见场景:formal writing、business calls、official notices 在英语中,telephone 作动词表示“打电话”时,通常比 call 更正式,多用于书面语、商务或正式场合;在非正式对话中,人们更常用 call。选择用词时,可根据语境和语体决定。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都含有 -phone,且都以 /foʊn/ 结尾,和 telephone 的尾音相同,可以押韵。注意不要被拼写误导:telethon(/ˈtɛləθɑːn/)、telepathy(/təˈlɛpəθi/)等以 tele- 开头的词发音与 telephone 不同。
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
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