English Dictionary

call on

動詞

慣用表現 他動詞

(idiomatic, transitive) To visit (a person); to pay a call to. / (idiomatic, transitive) To select (a student in a classroom, etc.) to provide an answer.

日本語の意味

訪問する（人を訪ねる、訪問する） / 指名する（教室などで生徒に回答を求める際に名前を挙げる）

I'll call on my neighbor this afternoon to see how she's doing.

今日の午後、隣人を訪ねて彼女の様子を見に行きます。

意味（1）

(idiomatic, transitive) To visit (a person); to pay a call to.

I really should call on my aunt more often.

意味（2）

(idiomatic, transitive) To select (a student in a classroom, etc.) to provide an answer.

He sat there, baffled, hoping nobody would call on him.

意味（3）

(idiomatic, transitive) (also call upon) To request or ask something of (a person); to select for a task.

The king called on his subjects to take up arms and defend the kingdom.

意味（4）

(idiomatic, transitive) (also call upon) To have recourse to.

Exhausted, he called on his last ounce of strength.

意味（5）

(idiomatic) To correct; to point out an error or untruth.

The salesman persisted in quoting a rate higher than was listed, until we called him on it.

calls on （ present singular third-person ）

calling on （ participle present ）

called on （ participle past ）

called on （ past ）