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call verb 1give a name to sb/sth 给⋯命名ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADVERBcommonly, frequently 一般／常常称为◆Buenos Aires is often called the Paris of South America.布宜诺斯艾利斯常被称为“南美洲的巴黎”。formerly, originally 以前／原来叫做◆The area was formerly called West Meadow.该地区旧称西牧场。affectionately 亲切地称为◆His friends affectionately call him 'Bear'.他的朋友亲切地叫他“大熊”。just, simply 仅仅／干脆称为◆a character whom the writer calls simply 'The Girl'作者干脆称为“那女孩”的一个角色officially 正式称为◆The system is officially called the NPV System.该系统的正式名称为 NPV 系统。collectively 统称为◆a range of very small organisms, collectively called nanoplankton统称为微型浮游生物的一类很小的生物variously 以不同的名称称呼◆a tree variously called 'rowan' and 'mountain ash'一种既称为 rowan 又称为 mountain ash 的树aptly, rightly 贴切地称为tentatively 暂时称为◆He is writing a novel, tentatively called 'My Future'.他正在创作一部小说，暂定名为《我的未来》。euphemistically 委婉地称为◆soldiers killed by what is euphemistically called 'friendly fire'被委婉地说成死于“友军炮火”的士兵PREPOSITIONby 按⋯称呼◆We usually call him by his nickname.我们通常叫他的绰号。PHRASESyou could hardly call sth..., you would hardly call sth... 几乎不能称某物⋯◆You could hardly call the show perfect, but it was successful.这场演出称不上十全十美，但很成功。 |