call to

引きつける、誘惑する

手に入れたい、体験したいという強い気持ちを起こさせること。

やさしい英語で： If something strongly attracts you, you feel a desire to have it or experience it.

• The sea calls to me.
• Adventure called to him, so he left home.
• Even after dinner, that chocolate cake still calls to me.

使い方： something calls to someone (The open road calls to her every spring.)

類義語： tempt, beckon, appeal to

反対語： repel

よく使う表現： call to someone, call to me

司祭職へ召す

カトリックの司祭になるべきだという強い宗教的な思いを人に与えること。

やさしい英語で： To give someone a strong spiritual feeling that they should become a Catholic priest.

• He felt called to the priesthood.
• She asked whether God had called him to the priesthood.
• Those called to the priesthood often spend years in training.

使い方： be called to the priesthood (He believed he was called to the priesthood.)

類義語： destine for the priesthood

よく使う表現： call to priesthood, call to ministry