单词 | call for |
释义 | call for (once / 172 pages) 1v 2v 3v WORD FAMILY call for: called for, calls for USAGE EXAMPLESUN resolutions call for an end to the country's nuclear and missile tests. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) The episode sparked anger in the Philippines and calls for the removal of all U.S. military personnel. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The San Ysidro plan also calls for new bicycle lanes and pedestrian improvements to encourage people to stop commuting by car. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1v express the need or desire for; ask for She called for room service Syn|Hypo|Hyper bespeak, quest, request invite request the participation or presence of order make a request for something askmake a request or demand for something to somebody encorerequest an encore, from a performer petitionwrite a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing demandrequest urgently and forcefully appeal, invokerequest earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection supplicateask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer applyask (for something) beg, solicit, tapmake a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently reserveobtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance challengeask for identification beg off, excuseask for permission to be released from an engagement demandask to be informed of claimask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example inviterequest the participation or presence of ask in, inviteask to enter desireexpress a desire for begask to obtain free arrogate, claim, lay claimdemand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to ask over, ask round, inviteinvite someone to one's house callcall a meeting; invite or command to meet ask out, invite out, take outmake a date book, hold, reservearrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance wantwish or demand the presence of reordermake a new request to be supplied with placeto arrange for requestask (a person) to do something solicitmake a solicitation or petition for something desired callorder or request or give a command for ask, expect, requireconsider obligatory; request and expect supplicatemake a humble, earnest petition pleadappeal or request earnestly clamor, clamourmake loud demands questseek alms, as for religious purposes call on, turnhave recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to book upbook all available places or tickets dunpersistently ask for overdue payment wishorder politely; express a wish for demand, exactclaim as due or just counterclaimset up a claim in opposition to a previous claim askrequire or ask for as a price or condition demandlay legal claim to put in, submitmake an application as for a job or funding call insummon to enter cadge, schnorr, scrounge, shnorrobtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling panhandlebeg by accosting people in the street and asking for money pretendput forward a claim and assert right or possession of requisitiondemand and take for use or service, especially by military or public authority for public service arrogate, assignmake undue claims to having hold open, keep, keep open, saveretain rights to canvas, canvasssolicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign buttonhole, lobbydetain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors commissionplace an order for communicate, pass, pass along, pass on, put across transmit information 2v request the participation or presence of 2Syn|Hyper invite bespeak, quest, request express the need or desire for; ask for bespeak, quest, request express the need or desire for; ask for v require as useful, just, or proper 3This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert Syn|Ant|Hypo ask, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take claim, exact, take take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs eliminate, obviate, rid of do away with claim, exact, take take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs governrequire to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood drawrequire a specified depth for floating costrequire to lose, suffer, or sacrifice cry for, cry out forneed badly or desperately compelnecessitate or exact v gather or collect Syn|Hyper collect, gather up, pick up acquire, get come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
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