1·I tried phoning but there was no answer.
我试打过电话，但没人接。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·I was just phoning up for a chat.
我只是打电话聊聊天。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·Who are you phoning?
你在给谁打电话？
—— 《牛津词典》
4·He might be phoning her at this very moment.
他也许这会儿正在给她打电话呢。
—— 《牛津词典》
5·John isn't here. Try phoning his home number.
约翰不在这儿。给他家里打电话试试看。
—— 《牛津词典》
6·I got a severe telling off for not phoning him.
我因没给他打电话，被狠狠训斥了一番。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
7·They kept phoning and writing, badgering me to go back.
他们不断打电话、写信，缠着要我回去。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
8·Send them an email—it's a lot less hassle than phoning.
给他们发个电邮吧，这比打电话省事多了。
—— 《牛津词典》
9·"There's a party tonight."—"Is that why you're phoning?"
“今晚有聚会。”—“那就是你打电话的原因吗？”
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
10·You could have spared yourself an unnecessary trip by phoning in advance.
你要是先打个电话就用不着跑这一趟了。
—— 《牛津词典》
1·The reason why I am phoning you is to ask you whether you have got my email.
我打电话给你的原因是想问问你是否收到了我的电子邮件。
2·Phoning us will not speed up the process but delay it.
打电话给我们不会加快这一进程，但拖延。
3·She considered phoning the radio station to ask for a repeat of the last news item.
她考虑打电话给电台，要求重播最后一条消息。