打电话给某人，英文怎么说？
1.
call
:
例：
To find out more, call 555-1972.
（欲知详情，请致电
555-1972
。）
Can you call Becky before six?
（你能
6:00
前打个电话给贝克吗？）
She called about twenty minutes ago.
（约
20
分钟前，她来过电话。）
I think we should call a doctor.
（我觉得我们应该打电话叫个医生来。）
I'm gonna call the cops!
（我要报警了！）
call for
I'll call for a taxi now.
（我现在打电话叫辆车来。）
2.
phone
:
备注：英式英语常用
''ring''
。
例：
I'll phone you if there's any news.
（有消息的话我会打给你。）
Shall I ring Sarah to see if she wants to
come out with us?
（我要不要打个电话给莎拉，看看她想不想和我们一起出去？）
Did anyone ring while I was out?
（我不在的时候，有没有电话找我？）
Jill phoned to tell you she'll see you
tonight.
（吉尔打电话来说，她今晚会跟你见面。）
phone for
Let's phone for a pizza tonight.
（我们今晚打电话叫个披萨吧。）
phone/ring round
(=telephone several people or organizations, especially to get
information)
You'd better ring round some travel agents
to get some prices.
（你最好给多家旅行社都打打电话，问问价格。）
3.
telephone
: to speak to someone by
telephone
备注：
Telephone
is more formal than phone or call, and is used especially in writing
（
''telephone''
比
''phone''
和
''call''
都更正式，
''telephone''
常用于书面语中。）
例：
About five o'clock, a woman telephoned Tom.
（
5:00
左右，有位女士给汤姆来过电话。）
For details of your nearest tourist office
telephone 4127.
（欲知最近的旅游咨询处的详情，请拨
4127
。）
Mr Dodd telephoned this morning.
（多德先生早上来过电话。）
telephone for
Telephone for more information.
（打电话问一下详细情况。）
4.
ring up
: to speak to someone by
telephone, especially in order to have a friendly conversation with them or to
ask for information
备注：英式英语中，常用
''ring/phone
up''
；美式英语中，常用
''call
up''
。
例：
Your uncle rang up about an hour ago.
（大约半小时前，你叔叔来过电话。）
"I don't know what time the last train
is." "Well, phone up and find out."
（
-
我不知道末班火车是几点的。
-
打电话问问就知道了。）
ring/call/phone up somebody
Why don't you call up Jackie and apologize?
（你为什么不给杰基打个电话道个歉？）
She uses the office phone to phone up her
friends in Sweden.
（她用办公室的电话给瑞典的朋友打电话。）
ring/call/phone somebody up
John called him up to make sure of the date
of the graduation ceremony.
（约翰给他打了电话，确认了一下毕业典礼的时间。）
I might phone him up at home.
（我可能会从家里打电话给他。）
5.
give somebody a call
: to speak
to someone by telephone - use this especially when you are telling someone that
you will telephone them, or when you are asking them to telephone
备注：这个说法常用于口语中。并且，美式英语中，常用
''give somebody a call''
；英式英语中，常用
''give somebody a ring''
。
例：
Just give me a call if you need anything.
（需要什么尽管打电话向我要。）
Why don't I give you a ring later and find
out when you'll be free?
（我何不迟点打给你，问你何时有空？）
（下转
第二部分
）