【句子】Uh, the "my sweet companion" store actually has a hospital with an on-call doctor. 【Modern Family S3E16】

【发音技巧】sweet companion失去爆破；has a连读；with an连读；

【翻译】“甜蜜相伴”店里有个医院，里面有位值班医生。

今天节目中，我们来学习一下这个短语on call的用法。

If a worker such as a doctor is on call, they are available to work or make official visits at any time when needed.

所以on call可以理解成：“值班、随叫随到”这个意思；

eg: She's a doctor, so she's often on call at the weekend.

她是一位医生，所以她经常在周末值班。

eg: The physicians were on call for 48 hours.

这些内科医生值班了48个小时。

eg: Which of the doctors is on call tonight?

今晚哪个医生值班？

eg: I'll be on call the night of the party.

派对当晚我会值班。

eg: The doctor had been on call for 48 hours and was exhausted.

那位医生值了48小时的班，累坏了。

eg: Tim's on call this weekend.

蒂姆这个周末值班。

而on-call一般就是一个复合形容词的用法了，比较常见的位置是放在名词之前。

It is used to describe workers who are available to make official visits at any time when they are needed.

eg: an on-call specialist

一个值班的专家

eg: an on-call judge

一个值班的法官

eg: My new job is 20 hours per week, with no on-call work.

我的新工作需要每周工作20小时，不需要值班。

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我也想去参加你的生日派对，但是我今晚要值班。

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