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单词 to answer the call
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to answer the call

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P1. to answer the call.
a. To put oneself forward or accept an invitation or summons (from God, one's country, etc.) to assist, defend, or fight for a belief, cause, etc.; to commit oneself to do what is right, honourable, or for the common good; to pursue a vocation. Cf. call of duty at call n. Phrases 6.
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1624 T. Taylor 2 Serm. i. 4 Gods people called out of Babylon, heare and answer the call, and therefore they are not Gods people that stay in Babylon.
1630 T. Taylor Progresse of Saints 382 Effectuall grace, not onely checkes secret corruptions, but daily renewes the heart, and perfects the image of God. Hence it is that many that seemed to answer the call, fall off to nothing, because they were never good.
1654 A. Palmer Scripture-rale to Lords Table 97 A whole Nation of people may take up the Name of Christian..; these are not like Saints by calling; which is, when upon the preaching of the Gospel to them, and the Call of it, they willingly profess to answer the Call of the Gospel, and to give obedience to it.
a1714 J. Sharp Serm. St. Matt. xx. 16 in 19 Serm. on Several Subj. (1734) VI. xix. 488 Many in those Times were called and invited by Christ to believe in him, but few did answer the Call, or accept of the Invitation.
1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. i. 513 Whenever duty calls, provided all possible care and consideration be taken to know its voice, no man need fear that he shall be a loser by answering the call, whatever hard service or costly sacrifice he be put to.
1781 T. Neve 8 Serm. preached before Univ. of Oxf. ii. 36 The most endearing representation that can be made of the Gospel of Christ is, when it is exhibited as the display of Divine Philanthropy, offering life and pardon to as many as will answer the call.
1831 W. W. Currie Mem. J. Currie I. 322 The town of Liverpool was not slow in answering the call of patriotism, and a public meeting was held to consider the best means of raising a body of men.
1867 C. W. Elliott Remarkable Characters & Places of Holy Land viii. 116 All above the age of twenty were capable of bearing arms, and must answer the call.
1923 H. M. Doxsee Getting into your Life-work xiii. 167 If a youth has a marked predilection for any one thing.., there is no question of choosing; his work has chosen him, and, no matter what obstacles stand in the way, he must answer the call that runs in his blood.
1947 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 12 Aug. 25/7 There's a Gold Star that shines in my window tonight For a soldier boy..Who answered the call of the country he loved.
1983 N.Y. Times 14 Jan. a26/1 A budget freeze is alluring... There would be no partisan wrangling over cutting one program but not another. Answering the call to unity and sacrifice, our elected representatives could vote, one and all, to turn back the tide of red ink.
1994 Harper's Mag. May 10/2 He is forever sounding the trumpet or answering the call, constantly urging his fellow citizens forward against the enemies of progress.
2014 Ireland's Eye Mar. 7/2 Though prematurely aged at 48, he was not put out to pasture. In December 1907, he answered the call and returned to Ireland to reorganise the IRB.
b. To provide a solution; to supply what is needed in a particular situation. Cf. sense 31a.
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1909 O. S. Marden Peace, Power, & Plenty i. 7 When the need comes, there is a power deep within us that answers the call.
1915 Bellman 24 Apr. 543 (advt.) Everybody Must Have New Clothes And This Is the Store that Answers the Call.
1996 C. Brookmyre Quite Ugly One Morning i. 2 What this situation had needed..was a..clumsy, thick, ginger-heided bastard to turn up and start cracking duff jokes, and here was PC Gavin Skinner to answer the call.
2003 Canad. Geographic Trav. & Adventure Winter 11/1 Mountain Equipment Co-op..answers the call with 100 percent organic cotton clothing for men, women and children in a range of styles.
P2. Horse Racing. to answer the question: (of a horse) to respond to a call made by the jockey (cf. to ask (a horse) the question at ask v. Phrases 14). Obsolete.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > engage in horse racing [verb (intransitive)] > actions of horse
to carry weight1734
to get up1840
screw1840
to come again1841
to set to1856
to wait off1856
romp1869
to answer the question1875
compound1876
to gallop to a standstill1892
nick1898
to take up1912
rate1920
1875 Baily's Mag. Nov. 406 On Admiral Rous expressing such a decided opinion on the young one's chance, coupled with the. certainty that the old horse had failed to answer the question which..Blanton had put him, backers were very eager to lay 6 to 4.
1894 Idler June 545 The certain winner of the Derby—if he is able to answer the question I am going to put to him.
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