call back

回电话； 收回

verb

1. recall knowledge from memory
have a recollection

e.g. I can't remember saying any such thing
I can't think what her last name was
can you remember her phone number?
Do you remember that he once loved you?
call up memories

Synonym: rememberretrieverecallcall uprecollectthink

2. summon to return

e.g. The ambassador was recalled to his country
The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession

Synonym: recall

3. return or repeat a telephone call

e.g. I am busy right now--can you call back in an hour?
She left a message but the contractor never called back

4. cause to be returned

e.g. recall the defective auto tires
The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt

Synonym: recallcall inwithdraw

1. 给…回电话
If you call someone back, you telephone them again or in return for a telephone call that they have made to you.

e.g. If we're not around she'll take a message and we'll call you back...
如果我们不在,她会带个话儿,我们给您打过去。
e.g. If you want further advice, you can call back and speak to the same adviser.
您若需要更多的建议,可以回拨电话向同一位顾问请教。

You cannot call back your oath.(你不能收回你的誓言。)

She said she'd call back.(她说她会再打电话来。)

Can you call back tomorrow?(明天你能回电话吗？)

Man: It's okay, I'll call back later. Thank you.(男：不用了，我过一会打过来，谢谢。)

And she told them it was impolite to call back people Negroes.(并且她还告诉他们称呼黑人“Negroes”是不礼貌的。)

Please hold my telephone calls and just take a message. I can call back later.(请别挂断我的电话，先留个言，我一会儿会再打来的。)

Forget the lag time of email or waiting for a call back.(不再需要无止境地等待电子邮件或者是电话回复。)

The call back to the server contains one parameter: position.(对服务器的回调包含一个参数：position。)

He didn't call back after that.(这之后他没有再打来。)

B Liz, can you call back in an hour?(b李兹，你能一小时以后打过来吗？)