cold call ( cold calling, cold called, cold calls )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT If someone makes a cold call, they telephone or visit someone they have never contacted, without making an appointment, in order to try and sell something. 陌生推销电话; 陌生推销拜访

  例：

  She had worked as a call centre operator making cold calls for time-share vacations.

  她曾经在一个呼叫中心担任话务员，打陌生推销电话推销分时度假。

• 2. 

  V-T/V-I To cold-call means to make a cold call. 打陌生推销电话; 进行陌生推销拜访

  例：

  You should refuse to meet anyone who cold-calls you with an offer of financial advice.

  你应该拒绝见任何通过陌生推销拜访来提供理财咨询的人。

• 3. 

  cold-calling N-UNCOUNT 陌生推销电话; 陌生推销拜访

  例：

  We will adhere to strict sales ethics, with none of the cold-calling that has given the industry such a bad name.

  我们将严格遵守销售道德，杜绝已败坏本行业名声的陌生推销。