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调用 (diào) — (verb) to transfer (personnel) to a specific position or task; (verb) to allocate (materials, resources) for a particular use; (verb, computing) to call (a function, method, or service)

Definition

In computing, 'to call' (a function, method, or service). In administrative Chinese, it means to transfer a person to a post or allocate resources for a specific use — more formal than 安排.

verb
to transfer (personnel) to a specific position or taskto allocate (materials, resources) for a particular use(verb, computing) to call (a function, method, or service)

Examples

  • 调用。
    Gōng sī jué dìng diào tā dào xīn bù mén dān rèn jīng lǐ.
    The company decided to transfer him to the new department to serve as manager.
  • 调用。
    Cāng kù diào le yì pī wù zī zhī yuán zāi qū.
    The warehouse allocated a batch of supplies to support the disaster area.
  • 调用。
    Zhè ge chéng xù diào le shù jù kù jiē kǒu.
    This program calls the database interface.
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