这些动词或词组均含有“召集，召唤”之意。
call : 非正式用词，含义广泛，指用说话或呼叫的形式召唤。
- She called me over to where she was sitting.
她把我叫到了她坐着的地方。 - I keep the bedroom door open in case the children call (for) me in the night.
我让卧室门开着，以防孩子们晚上叫我。 - I was called to an emergency meeting this morning.
我今早被叫去参加一个紧急会议。 - At school she was always being called into the headteacher's office.
在学校时，她总是被叫到校长办公室去。
summon : 正式用词，指官方或正式的召集，召集者具有权力或权威性。
- General Rattigan summoned reinforcements to help resist the attack.
拉蒂根将军命令增援部队协助抵挡进攻。 - On 20 July, the town council was summoned to hear an emergency report on its finances.
7月20日，镇政务委员会被召集起来听取有关其财务问题的紧急报告。 - We were summoned to the headmaster's office.
我们被叫去了校长办公室。
send for : 作“召唤”解时，语气较随便，暗示委派一件工作。
- Do you think we should send for a doctor?
你觉得我们应该去请医生吗？ - His son found him and sent for help.
他儿子找到了他，然后向人求救。 - She sent for the latest sales figures.
她要求把最新的销售统计数字给她送来。
