call out
phrasal verbcall somebody out
to ask somebody to come, especially to an emergency 要求某人来,召唤出动(尤指处理紧急情况) to call out an engineer/a plumber/the troops 召来工程师/管道工;出动军队
to order or advise workers to stop work as a protest 下令罢工;通知罢工 related noun call-out
call somebody out (on something)
(also call somebody on something )
(North American English)to criticize somebody, especially publicly 批评,尤指公开批评某人 People were calling him out for his negative comments. 人们因他的负面评论而大声责骂他。 Dan called her out on a couple of contradictions in her story. 丹叫她说出她故事中的几个矛盾之处。