| 单词 | nuisance telephone call |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnuisance telephone call nuisance call n. a telephone call made to threaten, annoy, or sexually harass its recipient; also nuisance telephone call. ΚΠ 1973 Bell Jrnl. Econ. & Managem. Sci. 4 518 When one's telephone rings, one has no idea of the possible benefit of the incoming call. In fact, in the case of nuisance calls, the benefit is presumably negative. 1989 Weekly News (Glasgow) 27 May 2 A few months ago I was subjected to nuisance telephone calls. 1995 Daily Tel. 3 Aug. 7/1 Requests for help from British Telecom in tackling nuisance calls have dropped by 20 per cent since the introduction of the caller display and call return services. < as lemmas |
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