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（一）打電話給某人，英文還能怎么說(shuō)？
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1.
make a call/phone call/telephone call
: to use the telephone to speak to someone
例：
Diana made a quick call to Tom before the
meeting.
（開(kāi)會(huì)前，戴安娜匆匆給湯姆打了個(gè)電話。）
Limit the number of personal phone calls
you make at work.
（工作時(shí)盡量不要打私人電話。）
There's a pay phone in the lobby if you
need to make a telephone call.
（要打電話的話，可以用大廳的付費(fèi)公用電話。）
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2.
be on the phone
: to be speaking
to someone on the telephone
例：
She's still on the phone.
（她還在講電話。）
There's someone on the phone for you.
（電話是找你的。）
be on the phone to
He was on the phone to a friend when he
noticed the smoke.
（注意到煙的時(shí)候，他正在跟朋友講電話。）
be on the phone with
How long are workers on the phone with
customers?
（工作人員和顧客要講多久的電話？）
talk/speak on the phone
Marie and I talk on the phone at least once
a week.
（我和瑪麗至少一周通一次電話。）
have somebody on the phone
(=to have someone calling you)
Mr Rogers, I have Kate on the phone for you.
（羅杰先生，凱特打電話找你。）
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3.
give somebody a buzz/ring
: to
telephone someone
備注：這是非正式的用法。英式英語(yǔ)中常用
''give somebody a bell''
。
例：
I'll give Larry a buzz. Maybe he'll want to
go too.
（我給萊瑞打個(gè)電話，他可能也想去。）
Give me a ring if you decide you can come.
（如果你定下來(lái)要來(lái)，給我打個(gè)電話告訴我。）
Can you give Mary a bell? She rang earlier.
（你給瑪麗打個(gè)電話好嗎？她之前打電話找你。）
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4.
get through
: to succeed in
reaching someone by telephone
例：
I tried calling my parents, but I couldn't
get through.
（我想打給我爸媽，但是沒(méi)打通。）
get through to
Did you get through to Mr White?
（懷特先生的電話接通了嗎？）
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（二）掛掉某人的電話，英語(yǔ)怎么說(shuō)？
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1.
hang up
: to finish a telephone
conversation or stop it before it has finished by putting down the receiver
例：
If a caller is rude, just hang up.
（如果對(duì)方很沒(méi)禮貌，掛了好了。）
hang up the phone/receiver
I said I'd be right there. I hung up the
phone and grabbed my purse and car keys.
（我說(shuō)了句“馬上到”，就掛了電話，拿了錢(qián)包和車(chē)鑰匙出去了。）
hang up on somebody
(=put the telephone down while someone is still talking)
Mark was furious and hung up on her.
（馬克很生氣掛了她的電話。）
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2.
slam the phone down/slam down the phone
: to put the telephone down while someone is still speaking to you,
because you are angry
因?yàn)樯鷼舛鴴鞌嚯娫?
例：
Call her. The worst thing she could do is slam
down the phone.
（打給她，大不了被她掛電話。）
slam the phone down/slam down the phone
on somebody
He tried to talk to her, but she slammed
the phone down on him.
（他想打電話跟她解釋，但是她把電話掛了。）
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3.
ring off
: to end a telephone call
備注：
''ring
off''
是英式英語(yǔ)的用法。
例：
I suppose I'd better ring off now—we've
been on the phone for over an hour.
（我想我要掛電話了，我們已經(jīng)講了一個(gè)多小時(shí)了。）
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4.
put the phone down
: to put down
the receiver after you have finished talking to someone
備注：
''put the
phone down''
是英式英語(yǔ)的用法。
例：
There was a long pause, and she was about
to put the phone down when the voice came back again.
（雙方都沉默了很久，她正打算掛電話時(shí)，對(duì)方又開(kāi)始講話。）
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