Call in 作"请来"、"找来"、"召来"解,"请人来作某种专业的咨询或帮忙"的意思。如:
Your father is ill, you should call in a doctor at once.你父亲病了,应该马上去请个大夫来。
The police have been called in to help make it clear.
已请来了警察帮忙把这件事弄清楚。
Call on和call at的意思一样,都是"拜访""访问",但call on后接表示人的名词或代词,call at 后接表示地点或场所的词语。试比较:
I called on the Smiths yesterday.
我昨天拜访了史密斯一家人。
I called at the Smith's yesterday.
我昨天去了史密斯家。
I called on the doctor yesterday.
我昨天去拜访了医生。
I called at the doctor's yesterday.
我昨天去了医务室。
另外,call on还可以"号召",后面往往接动词不定式作宾语补主语。如:
The headmaster called on the students to work harder.校长号召学生们更努力地学习。
call in 用于召集专业人员,如call in a doctor
call on 用于拜访某人
call at someplace
call on sb.
call in
1. 请求收回;请来