I answered the phone but there was no one at the other end.

我接了电话，但线那头没有人。

《牛津词典》

On another occasion I answered the phone and the line went dead.

还有一次我接了电话，但紧接着就断线了。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

It seems like yesterday that I answered the phone on a snowy January morning and received the news that it had won the 1990 Newbery Medal.

我在1月一个下雪的早晨接到电话，得知它获得1990年纽伯瑞儿童文学奖的消息，一切就像发生在昨天。

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The first time I stayed at the Palms, the concierges rarely answered the phone, it took 30 minutes to get a breakfast check, the power went out every evening at sundown and one night a staff member came into my room at 11 p.m.

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Bennett's assistant answered the phone, I identified myself as being with CNN and asked to speak to the attorney.

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