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单词 called-for
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called-for
called-for adj. (a) that has been requested or asked for; summoned, ordered; (b) that is required, necessary, or appropriate; cf. to call for —— 1a at call v. Phrasal verbs 2, uncalled adj. 3.
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1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. xxi. 69 The called for tea was ready presently.
1831 United Service Jrnl. 542 We may all admit that a ‘Staff Surgeon’ is a very good, a very correct, and a very called for, medical officer in a town or in a city where a larger garrison than one or two regiments is usually stationed.
1880 Rep. Foreign Corr. 4 in Trans. Grand Lodge Masons N.Y. The Grand Secretary would be expected to appear before any committee when so summoned, with called-for books or papers.
1914 E. S. Rogers Good Will Trade-marks 260 Many do not content themselves with persuasion, but sometimes pass off without explanation a substitute for the called-for goods.
1963 Bull. Atomic Scientists 36/1 Here the present levels of exposure to radionuclides are considered and the question of called-for countermeasures reviewed.
1994 Washington Post 3 July d5/5 Weaver, disdaining the called-for expletive, retorted, ‘I know, Skipper, but they're tapping the tar out of me’.
2009 Homecare Direct. (Nexis) Jan. 1 If a called-for item is not on the list, first determine whether it truly is a medical supply.
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