| 单词 | to call upon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto call upon —— to call upon —— 1. intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > addressing or speaking to > address someone [verb (intransitive)] to call on ——a1400 to call upon ——c1405 address1608 speech1826 the mind > language > speech > conversation > addressing or speaking to > speak to or address [verb (transitive)] speakc950 beclepec1220 enreason1297 saluec1300 calla1325 clepe1362 to speak on ——?1370 salutec1380 to call upon ——c1405 escry1483 assaya1522 treatc1540 accost1567 encounter1578 bespeaka1593 affront1598 parley1611 address1683 chin-chin1817 chat1898 the mind > language > speech > request > make a request [verb (intransitive)] > to, of, or upon someone clepec825 cryc1290 to pray (one) of a boon1393 to call on ——a1400 to seek on (also upon)a1400 to call upon ——c1405 sue1405 supplicate1417 peala1425 labour1442 to make suit1447–8 supply1489 suit1526 appeal1540 apply1554 incalla1572 invocate1582 beg1600 palaver1859 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 183 His felawe gan vp on hym calle. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 93 Whan he had so don he began to calle vpon the two knightes. 1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. iv. f. 61v He entered into the kynges logyng, and called vpon hym diuers tymes by his name, but when he could not awake hym with his voyce he stored hym with his hand. 1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. f. 165 Ardizzyno espied the basterde Pierro, whome he named and called vppon manye tymes, but all in vaine. 1613 A. Whitaker Good Newes from Virginia 6 How many idle persons haue we in the streetes of our Cities, in the High-wayes, and corners of our pathes, which day and night call vpon the passers by? 1718 J. Chamberlayne in tr. B. Nieuwentyt Relig. Philosopher I. Ded. p. iij The Texts..in which he does so often call upon Atheists and Infidels. 1836 Tait's Edinb. Mag. July 452/2 The faint voice called upon me again—‘Lambert—Lambert!’ and in a moment the recollection of my dear little sister rushed upon my mind! 1875 P. B. Marston All in All 105 As the living call upon the dead, Stretching their emptied arms across the bed Where lies what yesterday they called their own, So have I called on thee. 1903 Lancet 31 Dec. 300/1 When called upon loudly by name he opened his eyes. b. To invoke or make supplication to (a god, saint, or other power); to pray to; = to call on —— 1a at Phrasal verbs 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > appeal to or invoke > God, etc. to call upon ——1483 daven1953 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. cclxxxvii/2 There ben many other myracles, whiche oure blessid lady hath shewed for them that calle vppon her. 1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters ii. f. lxiii/1 He had long called vppon god & our lady and all the holy company of heuyn and yet felte hym self neuer the better. 1564 tr. M. Flacius Illyricus Godly Admon. Decrees Counsel of Trent 56 It is wicked and idolatrous to call vpon saintes. 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. iv. 26 Then began men to call vpon the Name of the Lord. View more context for this quotation 1647 Kingdomes Weekly Post No. 6. sig. F3v The Hangman pulling his cap over his eyes, Captain Burley called upon God, Lord preserve my soule. 1715 D. Defoe Family Instructor I. i. iii. 71 The Glory of a Christian, viz. To worship and call upon him that made him. 1817 Ld. Byron Manfred i. i. 35 I call upon ye by the written charm Which gives me power upon you. 1873 C. New Life E. Afr. xxvi. 513 The Arabs and Wasuahili were frantic with despair,..calling upon Allah and Muhammad. 1904 Lutheran Q. July 304 In his eucharist offerings he also called upon the saints in prayer. 1940 M. Beckwith Hawaiian Mythol. ii. 12 Others call upon the spirits of descendants and ancestors, praying toward the east to Hina-kua..and toward the west to Hina-alo. 2005 16th Cent. Jrnl. 36 50 At least Razis had called upon God at the moment of his death. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > bring a charge [verb (intransitive)] to bring in or lay an indictment1303 to call upon ——1448 accuse1546 propound1576 prosecute1611 to call on ——a1616 to lay an information1838 charge1891 1448 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) i. 62 (MED) My Maister Recorder went to Westminster..and y with hym, and ther anon the mater was called upon yn comyn place. 1462 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 283 She schulde vp to London and calle vppon her matre there. 1573 J. Sanford tr. L. Guicciardini Garden of Pleasure f. 43 Demosthenes..became hir aduocate and spokesman and when the matter was called vppon, he aunswered him in this sort: [etc.]. 3. intransitive. a. Chiefly with infinitive or for. To appeal to (a person, organization, etc.) to do something; to require, urge, or demand that (a person, organization, etc.) do something. Also in passive with unexpressed agent: to be prompted by a duty, responsibility, or urge to do something. Cf. to call on —— 2a at Phrasal verbs 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > a person to do something crave?c1225 seek1362 requirec1380 aska1400 require1415 to call upon ——a1450 will?1457 requestc1485 bespeaka1616 beg1675 a1450 in F. W. Willmore Hist. Walsall (1887) 168 The Mayer for the tyme beyng, shall truely call uppon the old Mayer, with alle the Wardens..to make their accompts. c1475 (c1450) Elegy Tomb Cromwell (Harl.) in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 15th Cent. (1939) 245 Whene thou lest wenest thou shalt be calde vpone. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 473/2 Call upon them to remember my mater. 1563 A. Golding tr. L. Bruni Hist. Warres Imperialles & Gothes ii. vi. f. 73v The French kyng..being by Uitigis called vpon for ayde by vertue of the leage that was betwene them, had sent to Uraias ten thousand Burgonians. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 283 Speake not you to him, till we call vpon you. View more context for this quotation 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 3 Where the Trade-winds begin to offer themselves, the Mariner..is at more leisure to Repose; he not being so often called upon to shift his Course. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 120. ⁋2 He called for help upon the sages of physick. 1797 Reasons against National Despondency 188 I call upon the Country to act and think as if influenced by one common interest. 1814 Lett. from Eng. II. liii. 368 He called upon his congregation for horses. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. iv. 427 They would be called upon by parliament to produce their records. 1890 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 44 314 I am not really called upon to express an opinion with reference to this prospectus, because the Defendants have said that they do not intend to issue another prospectus. 1914 E. von Arnim Pastor's Wife viii. 83 Now they were called upon to endure the distressing spectacle of a hitherto reserved relative letting herself go to unbridledness. 1961 P. Marshall Soul clap Hands & Sing (1962) 20 He would be called upon to share a little of himself. 2002 Outlook (New Delhi) 9 Sept. 10/1 That awful blankness that grips so many of us when suddenly called upon to split a tab six-ways. 2013 New Yorker 11 Nov. 59/1 F.D.R. called upon the allied powers..to serve as the world's ‘four policemen’. b. To have recourse to (something); to draw upon; to utilize. Cf. to call on —— 2c at Phrasal verbs 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or make use of [verb (transitive)] noteOE take?a1160 turnc1175 usec1300 to fare witha1340 benote1340 spenda1400 usea1400 weara1400 naitc1400 occupy1423 to put (also set) in work?a1425 practise?c1430 apply1439 employ?1473 to call upon ——1477 help1489 tew1489 handle1509 exercise1526 improvea1529 serve1538 feed1540 enure1549 to make (also take) (a) use of1579 wield1601 adoperate1612 to avail oneself ofa1616 to avail oneself ofa1616 prevail1617 to make practice of1623 ploy1675 occasion1698 to call on ——1721 subserve1811 nuse1851 utilize1860 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or make use of [verb (transitive)] > bring or put into use > specifically a faculty to call upon ——1477 to call up1538 summon1581 to call on ——1721 1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 43 That shalt thou finde whan thou callest vpon their seruise at thy nede. 1538 R. H. tr. H. Bullinger Comm. 2nd Epist. Paul to Thessalonians ii. f. 24 Thys good kynge called vpon the commune fydelite that men had promysed him. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets lxxix. sig. F Whilst I alone did call vpon thy ayde. View more context for this quotation 1772 J.-N. de Sauseuil Anal. French Orthogr. 68 When an organ is affected with some kind of impediment, the nearest backward, or retrograde from the lips to the throat, is called upon to furnish an articulation. 1831 New-Eng. Mag. July 62 Miss Penelope was obliged to call upon her strength of mind for support under the slanders of an evil world. 1848 G. J. Guthrie On Wounds & Injuries Chest ii. 11/1 The other lung is called upon to make up the work of aërification of the blood. 1922 J. H. Hall Steel Foundry (ed. 2) viii. 261 As the heads are very much higher than the casting, they are called upon to feed metal only horizontally. 1963 Connecticut Hist. Soc. Jan. (back cover) He calls upon his long familiarity with Connecticut's traditions..to reveal how an eighteenth-century house..can bring the past home to us in ways that enrich the present. 1973 D. J. Hadley & L. Turner in G. D. Hobson Mod. Petroleum Technol. (ed. 4) xii. 441 The petroleum chemicals industry can call upon a variety of feedstocks, including natural gas and straight-run oil fractions. 2013 Guardian 31 Aug. (Guide Suppl.) 10/1 They called upon the production talents of Steve Albini. c. To appeal to (something) as an authority or precedent; = to call on —— 2b at Phrasal verbs 2. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > give evidence of [verb (transitive)] > adduce as precedent to call upon ——1536 cite1550 1536 R. Taverner tr. P. Melanchthon Apol. sig. J.viv, in Confessyon Fayth Germaynes Here we call vpon the iudgementes of all good & wyse men. 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin xvii. 999 In these actions we may truly call vpon the testimony of your excellencye. 1644 J. Doughty Kings Cause rationally Debated 28 Witnesse the many examples of Councells both ancient and moderne too, which might be called upon in attestation of these truths. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 43 His [sc. the Earl of Manchester's] Authority..was still call'd upon. 1853 H. P. Hedges Hist. Excise Law N.Y. 11 The rumselling system..pleaded time-honored usage; it called upon the example of the dead to hallow its deeds. 1948 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 62 404 In insisting upon the inclusion of competitive factors we can call upon the authority of Marshall. 2005 R. J. DeSanto & D. A. Grano in B. K. Duffy & R. W. Leeman Amer. Voices 122/1 Dershowitz made a compelling argument in this legal context by calling upon precedent. d. Horse Racing. Of a rider: to urge (a horse) to exert itself further; = to call on —— 2d at Phrasal verbs 2. Cf. ask v. Phrases 14. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > urge on streeka1500 push1590 put1590 whigc1667 cramc1830 to call upon ——1842 double-thong1856 giddap1938 1842 ‘Nimrod’ Horse & Hound 308 The set-to is about to begin, or, in other words equally technical, he is about to ‘call upon his horse’. 1892 F. T. Warburton Race Horse x. 159 He will soon come to understand what is required, and move off after the ‘schoolmaster’ when called upon. 1932 New Castle (Pa.) News 7 May 4/4 When you call upon a thoroughbred, he gives you all the speed, heart and sinew in him. When you call upon a Jackass, he kicks. 2011 Sunday Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 18 Dec. (Sport section) 16 The More Than Ready filly..sat behind the speed on the rail in the 1000-metre straight race, but once called upon she dashed clear to win. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (intransitive)] > put forward a claim claim1303 to call upon ——1472 represent1498 to lay in1603 to lay claim toa1616 title1633 1472 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 364 I pray ȝow send me a kopy of þe dysse-charge..bothe fore my dyscharge and ȝowyr, wat sum euer þat be callyd vpon of eythere of vus here-aftere. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) ii. ii. 23 My Master is awak'd by great Occasion, To call vpon his owne. View more context for this quotation 1642 Remonstr. Passages conc. Ireland 26 His Majesties rents were purposely omitted, and not called upon in Easter-Term with that earnestnesse as formerly. 5. intransitive. To make a short visit to (a person); to pay a call on; = to call on —— 3 at Phrasal verbs 2. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (intransitive)] > into a house, etc., for communication to call upon ——1604 calla1616 to call on ——a1616 society > leisure > social event > visit > visiting > visit [verb (intransitive)] seekc1200 to call in1573 call1597 to call upon ——1604 to call on ——a1616 visit1626 to make, or pay (also give) a visit1643 to pay a call1648 viz.1767 society > leisure > social event > visit > visiting > visit [verb (transitive)] seekc893 visit13.. vizyc1425 to go to (also and) see1548 to call upon ——1604 calla1616 paya1616 vis1754 to look up1827 to visit with1850 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. iii. 34 I'le call vpon you ere you goe to bed. View more context for this quotation 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. viii. 92 I have just now parted with this honest widow. She called upon me at my new lodgings. 1779 J. Warner in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1844) IV. 259 Going through Chesterfield Street, I called upon the old duchess, who is ‘sorely badly’, as they say in Lincolnshire, with her old complaint. 1840 Fraser's Mag. 21 404 I can..occupy myself..in calling upon some friends. 1888 A. K. Green Behind Closed Doors ii. 9 I was requested to call upon—Mrs. A., let us say, on business. 1942 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. 24 May 25 May I call upon you tomorrow? Since it is Sunday you will be at home, perhaps? 1954 F. G. Patton Good Morning, Miss Dove 104 Though it was her custom to pay pastoral calls at the residences of her pupils, she had never called upon William's grandmother. 1993 T. Medeiros Once Angel xxxiii. 378 Penfeld..tilted his disapproving nose in the air and announced, ‘A Mr. Saleri is here to call upon Miss Scarborough.’ ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > objection > object [verb (transitive)] > dispute or call in question traversea1325 challengec1386 disputea1535 quarrel1548 contestate?1572 to controverse in question1602 question1613 tax1614 contest1663 to call upon ——1746 1746 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 23 Mar. in Lett. to Son (1787) I. cix. 299 You call upon me for the partiality of an author to his own works. 1791 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse §73 Supposing his character called upon, not only as a professional man, but as a man of veracity. < as lemmas |
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