collect call

基本解釋

A: I need to make a collect call.
A：我得打個對方付費(fèi)電話。
Could you put through a collect call for me?
你能為我接一個對方付費(fèi)電話嗎?
B:I'd like to make a collect call to Los Angeles.That's area code 213_468_2435.
我想打個電話到洛杉磯，由對方付費(fèi)。電話號碼是213—468—2435。

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But even then, getting a collect call from anywhere civilized was quaint (and ironically, uneconomical).
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A collect call is a telephone call which is paid for by the person who receives the call, rather than the person who makes the call.
If you call collect when you make a telephone call, the person who you are phoning pays the cost of the call and not you.