| 释义 |
call someone/thing down1Cause or provoke someone or something to appear or occur: nothing called down the wrath of Nemesis quicker...- For many of the villagers, if Allah can be called down into the human world, so can the spirits of the dead.
- The murder of a stranger who entered somebody's house for shelter would call down the anger of the gods.
- All I can think about is what a failure I am and that I am disobeying God and calling his wrath down on me.
2 dated Reprimand someone: he called down Clarence Drum about being so high and mighty...- When she got carried away and started to show genuine anger and aggression, the Captain called her down.
- Who do these holier-than-thou types think they are, calling me down?
- When Joyce gets paranoid about his talent as a writer, he takes it out on Nora, throwing her past in her face and calling her down for being married before.
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