Please ask permission from whoever pays the phone bill before making your call.

打电话前请先征得话费支付人的许可。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Imagine you are pouring your heat out to someone and they are just busy on their phone, and if you ask for their attention you get the response—I can multitask.

想象一下，你正向某人吐露心声，而他们正忙着打电话，如果你要求他们注意，你会得到这样的答复——我可以一心多用。

youdao

When you get your new contacts on the phone, ask them about what they do and what the company is like to work at-before sending your resume.

当你把你的新联系电话，让他们知道他们做的，什么是公司愿意工作在发送您的简历之前。

youdao

I tried calling the hotel to ask them for directions, but the phone is busy.

我试图给酒店打电话询问路线，但电话老是占线。

How can I 实战 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

And a man rang to ask for the phone number of a plumber as he had come home to find he had a leak in the bathroom.

BBC: Toilet roll 999 call made to Devon and Cornwall Police

So in the future, ask not for whom the phone tolls, the toll charge is for thee.

BBC: Graphic

According to Catherine Crump of the American Civil Liberties Union, "The police can ask you to unlock the phone -- which many people will do -- but they almost certainly cannot compel you to unlock your phone without the involvement of a judge, " she said.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS