（上接 第一部分 ）

（一）打电话给某人，英文还能怎么说？

1. make a call/phone call/telephone call : to use the telephone to speak to someone

例：

Diana made a quick call to Tom before the meeting. （开会前，戴安娜匆匆给汤姆打了个电话。）

Limit the number of personal phone calls you make at work. （工作时尽量不要打私人电话。）

There's a pay phone in the lobby if you need to make a telephone call. （要打电话的话，可以用大厅的付费公用电话。）

2. be on the phone : to be speaking to someone on the telephone

例：

She's still on the phone. （她还在讲电话。）

There's someone on the phone for you. （电话是找你的。）

be on the phone to

He was on the phone to a friend when he noticed the smoke. （注意到烟的时候，他正在跟朋友讲电话。）

be on the phone with

How long are workers on the phone with customers? （工作人员和顾客要讲多久的电话？）

talk/speak on the phone

Marie and I talk on the phone at least once a week. （我和玛丽至少一周通一次电话。）

have somebody on the phone (=to have someone calling you)

Mr Rogers, I have Kate on the phone for you. （罗杰先生，凯特打电话找你。）

3. give somebody a buzz/ring : to telephone someone

备注：这是非正式的用法。英式英语中常用 ''give somebody a bell'' 。

例：

I'll give Larry a buzz. Maybe he'll want to go too. （我给莱瑞打个电话，他可能也想去。）

Give me a ring if you decide you can come. （如果你定下来要来，给我打个电话告诉我。）

Can you give Mary a bell? She rang earlier. （你给玛丽打个电话好吗？她之前打电话找你。）

4. get through : to succeed in reaching someone by telephone

例：

I tried calling my parents, but I couldn't get through. （我想打给我爸妈，但是没打通。）

get through to

Did you get through to Mr White? （怀特先生的电话接通了吗？）

（二）挂掉某人的电话，英语怎么说？

1. hang up : to finish a telephone conversation or stop it before it has finished by putting down the receiver

例：

If a caller is rude, just hang up. （如果对方很没礼貌，挂了好了。）

hang up the phone/receiver

I said I'd be right there. I hung up the phone and grabbed my purse and car keys. （我说了句“马上到”，就挂了电话，拿了钱包和车钥匙出去了。）

hang up on somebody (=put the telephone down while someone is still talking)

Mark was furious and hung up on her. （马克很生气挂了她的电话。）

2. slam the phone down/slam down the phone : to put the telephone down while someone is still speaking to you, because you are angry 因为生气而挂断电话

例：

Call her. The worst thing she could do is slam down the phone. （打给她，大不了被她挂电话。）

slam the phone down/slam down the phone on somebody

He tried to talk to her, but she slammed the phone down on him. （他想打电话跟她解释，但是她把电话挂了。）

3. ring off : to end a telephone call

备注： ''ring off'' 是英式英语的用法。

例：

I suppose I'd better ring off now—we've been on the phone for over an hour. （我想我要挂电话了，我们已经讲了一个多小时了。）

4. put the phone down : to put down the receiver after you have finished talking to someone

备注： ''put the phone down'' 是英式英语的用法。

例：

There was a long pause, and she was about to put the phone down when the voice came back again. （双方都沉默了很久，她正打算挂电话时，对方又开始讲话。）