“打我手机”不是“call my phone”，这种中式英语你中招了吗？

如果是打公司或者办公室电话，正确的说法是：

Call me in the office./Call me at work.

打电话到我办公室。

如果打完手机，想向对方表达谢谢你的来电，可以这么说：

Thank you for calling./Thank you for your call.

接下来，小编再来为大家补充一些call的短语和固定搭配，可以拿小本本记下来啦。

1.call for 要求；需要；提倡；邀请；为…叫喊

①邀请

Tomorrow is my birthday, Can I call for you to my party?

明天是我的生日，我能够邀请你来我的party吗？

②要求、需要

You can call for translation help.

你可以要求翻译协助。

All these bad effects call for our special concern.

所有这些坏影响都需要我们特别关注。

I will call for you at your home.

我会到你家接你。

④提倡

Whether the conditions call for it or reject it outright.

2.call on 访问，拜访；号召，请求

①拜访

Then may I call on you at that time tomorrow?

那么我可以在明天这个时间拜访你吗？

②号召，请求

I call on my friend to help you.

3.call up 打电话给；召集；使想起；提出

①打电话

Do you call up your friends before visiting them?

在拜访朋友前，你事先打电话给他们了吗?

②召集

The government is calling up men for the army.

③想起

I saw you before, but I cannot call up your name.

我以前见过你，但不记得你的名字了。

4.call in 拜访；召集；召来

①拜访

We welcomed anyone to call in with permission.

②召来

He insisted that we should call in an expert.

5.call off 取消；叫走

①取消

Shall we call off the meeting?

②叫走

Take it easy! Call off your dogs!

最后，小编再为大家补充一些和手机相关的表达。

spend time on the phone

Chinese people currently spend more time on the phone than on the computer.

中国人现在花在手机上的时间超过花在电脑上的。

手机欠费

My cellphone ran out of credit./My cellphone charge is overdue.

My reception is bad./I have bad reception.

手机完全没电

My phone's dead./My phone died./My cellphone is out of power.

My phone is going to die./My battery is almost dead.

My battery is low./My phone's dying.

开机/关机

Turn on/off your phone

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