To communicate the need for (someone) to return from one situation or location to a previous one
召回：通知需要（某人）从现状或位置返回到先前的状况或位置
Management called the laid-off workers back.
经理召回了被解雇的工人们
To telephone or radio (a person) who has called previously
回电话：打电话或回信号给先前曾打来电话的（某人）
I called her back at noon.
中午我回她电话
To recall (a defective product) for repair
收回处理：调回（有缺陷的产品）以供修复
The company has called back all such models built in 1990.
公司已收回所有1990年的机型以便修理
To find fault with; reprimand
挑剔：找麻烦；斥责
The teacher called me down for disobedience.
因我不听话，老师训斥了我
To invoke, as from heaven.
保佑：祈求，比如向上帝
To appear, as on someone else's premises, in order to get
去拿：出现在他人房舍内以图有所得
My chauffeur will call for you at seven.
我的汽车司机七点钟会到你那儿去取
To be an appropriate occasion for
适合采取：是一恰当的机会
This news calls for champagne.
这个消息值得开香槟酒庆祝
To require; demand
要求；需要
work that calls for patience.
需要耐心的工作
要求，倡导，提倡
To evoke; elicit
唤起；振奋
a love song that calls forth sad memories.
一首引起我悲伤回忆的爱情歌曲
To take out of circulation
回收：使退出流通
calling in silver dollars.
回收银币
To summon for assistance or consultation
邀请：召来做助手或顾问
call in a specialist.
邀请一个专家
To communicate with another by telephone
打电话：用电话与别人联系
Has the boss called in today?
老板今天打电话来了吗?
To cancel or postpone
取消：取消或延期
call off a trip; called the trip off.
取消旅游；推迟旅游
To restrain or recall
叫住：制止或叫回
Call off your dogs.
叫住你的狗
To cause to assemble; summon
召集：使集中；召唤
call out the guard.
将卫兵集合起来
To challenge to a duel.
挑起斗争
To summon to active military service
征召：召集服兵役
called up reserve troops for active duty.
征召后备役军人服役
To cause one to remember; bring to mind
唤起：使人忆起；带入心中
stories that call up old times.
使人怀旧的故事
To bring forth for action or discussion; raise.
提交，提出：拿出来供采取行动或讨论；提出
To order; require
命令；要求
I call upon you to tell the truth.
我要求你说真话
To make a demand or a series of demands on
需要：一项或一系列的需要
Social institutions are now being called upon to provide assistance to the homeless.
社会机构现在被要求向无家可归者提供帮助
another way of saying on call (sense 2)
同 on call (义项2)
cause people to notice
引起人们注意
he is seeking to call attention to himself by his crimes.
他想用犯罪的方法来使自己受到关注。
he is seeking to call attention to himself by his crimes.
他想用犯罪的方法来使自己受到关注。
(N. Amer.)make a telephone call reversing the charges
(北美)打由受话人付款的电话
cause or require something to start working so that one can make use of it
使（或要求）…开始运作，启用
our active participation as spectators is called into play. .
我们作为观众的积极参与发挥了作用。