call-up
/ˈkɔːl.ʌp/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈkɑːl.ʌp/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈkȯl-ˌəp How to pronounce call-up (audio)/ (ame, mw)
call-up — 名詞
1. a formal selection that gives a player a place in an official team, often a nati
入選徵召
獲選進入正式隊伍，尤指國家隊
a formal selection that gives a player a place in an official team, often a national side.
Jisoo got her first national-team call-up after a brilliant spring season.
Jisoo 在春季賽表現出色後，第一次得到國家隊入選徵召。
get a call-up to a higher team
The late call-up sent the young striker straight to the airport.
這次臨時入選徵召，讓那名年輕前鋒直接趕往機場。
After months on the bench, Beatriz celebrated a senior call-up.
坐了好幾個月板凳後，Beatriz 終於慶祝自己獲得成年隊入選徵召。
An injury to the captain opened the door for Liam's call-up.
隊長受傷，替 Liam 的入選徵召打開了大門。
文法句型
get a call-up
earn a call-up
receive a call-up to + team
用法筆記
Usually used for a move into a more important squad, especially a national team or senior side. It focuses on the act of being chosen, not on the whole career change.
2. an official paper or message telling someone they must report for army service.
徵召令
命人報到服兵役的正式通知
an official paper or message telling someone they must report for army service.
The call-up arrived two weeks before Emre finished high school.
Emre 高中畢業前兩週，就收到了徵召令。
receive a call-up before service begins
After the border clash, every family feared a sudden call-up.
邊境衝突後，每個家庭都害怕突然收到徵召令。
Kwame hid the call-up letter inside a history book.
Kwame 把那封徵召令藏進一本歷史書裡。
The call-up gave reserve soldiers only three days to report.
這道徵召令只給預備役士兵三天時間報到。
- draft notice
American English term for the same kind of military summons
- summons
broader and can be used outside military situations
- discharge
a formal release from service rather than an order to begin it
文法句型
receive a call-up
a call-up for military service
call-up papers
用法筆記
This sense names the actual order or notice sent to a person. Distinguish it from broader words such as 'conscription', which describe the system rather than one summons.
call-up — 片語動詞
- call-upbase form
- call-ups3rd person singular
- call-uping-ing form
- call-upedpast simple
1. to phone someone, especially because you want to contact them directly.
打電話給
主動打電話聯絡某人
to phone someone, especially because you want to contact them directly.
I'll call up the dentist when the clinic opens at nine.
診所九點開門時，我會打電話給牙醫。
call up + person or service by phone
The hotel manager called up our room after the alarm stopped.
警報停下後，飯店經理打電話給我們房間。
Please call up your aunt and ask about Grandpa's train.
請打電話給你阿姨，問問 Grandpa 的火車情況。
The reporter called up three witnesses before writing the story.
那名記者在寫報導前，先打電話給三名目擊者。
- hang up
to end the telephone call instead of starting one
文法句型
call up + person
call somebody up
用法筆記
A little more old-fashioned than simply 'call' or 'phone' in many modern contexts, but still clear in speech and writing.
2. to order someone into military service or require them to fight.
徵召入伍
命某人入伍服役或上戰場
to order someone into military service or require them to fight.
The government called up thousands of reservists after the attack.
襲擊發生後，政府徵召入伍了數千名後備軍人。
call up + reservists for active duty
At twenty, Sari was called up for basic training.
Sari 二十歲時就被徵召入伍，接受基礎訓練。
passive: be called up for training
The decree let the army call up engineers and drivers.
那項法令讓軍方得以徵召入伍工程師和司機。
When war spread north, the state called up older doctors.
戰火往北蔓延時，國家徵召入伍了較年長的醫師。
- discharge
to release someone from service rather than ordering them into it
文法句型
call up + reservists
be called up for service
call up + person + for training
用法筆記
Often used when a country expands its forces in an emergency. The passive form is very common because the focus is usually on the people ordered to serve.
3. to choose a player for a higher team, often a national side.
徵召入隊
選入更高層級的球隊或代表隊
to choose a player for a higher team, often a national side.
The coach called up Noor for the final qualifier in Seoul.
教練徵召入隊 Noor，參加首爾那場最後的資格賽。
call up + player for a specific match
Injuries forced the club to call up two teenagers from the academy.
傷兵太多，迫使球會從青訓徵召入隊兩名少年球員。
After six clean sheets, the goalkeeper was called up by Romania.
六場零封後，那名守門員被羅馬尼亞徵召入隊。
The manager called up a left-back when the captain hurt his knee.
隊長膝蓋受傷後，總教練徵召入隊了一名左後衛。
文法句型
call up + player
be called up by + team
call up + player + for + match
用法筆記
This sense usually means moving a player into a more senior squad. In club football, it can also mean promoting someone from the youth team or reserves.
4. to cause a thought, picture, or memory to return clearly.
喚起回憶
讓某個記憶或畫面重新浮現
to cause a thought, picture, or memory to return clearly.
That song always calls up summers at my grandmother's village.
那首歌總會喚起回憶，讓我想到在祖母村裡度過的夏天。
sound or smell can call up memories
The smell of diesel called up memories of long ferry trips.
柴油味喚起回憶，讓人想起那些漫長的渡輪旅程。
Her question called up a name I had not heard for years.
她的問題喚起回憶，讓我想起一個多年沒聽到的名字。
The old map called up stories about our father's first journey.
那張舊地圖喚起回憶，讓我們想起父親第一次遠行的故事。
- suppress
to keep a thought or memory from rising into the mind
文法句型
call up + memory
call up + image
call up + thought
用法筆記
Often used for memories that return because of a sound, smell, picture, or question. It suggests a fairly sudden mental response.
5. to take out and use something kept in reserve for later need.
調出使用
把備用物資或設備取出來用
to take out and use something kept in reserve for later need.
During the heat wave, the school called up its emergency water tanks.
熱浪來襲時，學校把緊急水箱調出使用。
call up + emergency supplies
The studio called up old costume stock for the festival play.
那間工作室為了節慶演出，把舊戲服庫存調出使用。
Our clinic called up extra blankets from the basement store.
我們診所把地下室存放的額外毛毯調出使用。
To meet holiday orders, the factory called up spare machines.
為了趕上節日訂單，工廠把備用機器調出使用。
- store away
to put something into reserve instead of taking it out
文法句型
call up + reserves
call up + stored supplies
call up + spare equipment
用法筆記
This sense is less common in everyday speech and appears mostly in formal descriptions of drawing on backup supplies, stock, or equipment.