call away

• • 把…叫到别处去，叫走 [常用于被动语态]：

    The teacher was called away by the headmaster.

    老师被校长叫走了。

    The doctor was called away to a patient's house.

    医生出诊到病人家里去了。

  • 使分心，使分散(注意力、思想等)；转移(某人的注意力、思想等)：

    He was called away, and he hardly knew what he was saying.

    他心不在焉，简直不知道自己在说什么。