the call of nature是什么意思？

the call of nature字面意思是“大自然的呼喚”，但其實(shí)是“需要上廁所”的委婉表達(dá)。

如果有人和你說(shuō)他要去answer the call of nature，其實(shí)就是要去上廁所，可別理解錯(cuò)啦！

e.g. There was no break in the agenda, not even for the call of nature.

日程安排上沒(méi)有任何休息的空隙，連上廁所的時(shí)間都沒(méi)有。

讓我們?cè)賮?lái)看下call還有哪些常用的短語(yǔ)吧！

call sb. names

辱罵，出口傷人

to call someone by an abusive or insultingname

e.g. John was punished for calling his teacher names.

約翰因?yàn)槿枇R老師受到了懲罰。

call it a day

到此為止，結(jié)束

to quit work and go home; to say that aday’s work has been completed

e.g. I’m tired. Let’s call it a day.

我累了，今天到此為止吧。

call in sick

打電話請(qǐng)病假

to call one’s place of work to say that oneis ill and cannot come to work

e.g. Four of our office staff called in sick today.

我們辦公室今天有四個(gè)人請(qǐng)病假了。

（來(lái)源：滬江英語(yǔ)）