昨晚8点你为什么不接我的微信电话？

Why didn't you answer my Wechat phone at eight o'clock last night?

youdao

按时参加会议和约会也是信守承诺，如果你在参加宴会时迟到了，要打个电话告知，不辜负自己的任务和责任。

So show up on time for meetings and appointments, always call if you're going to be late for dinner, live up to your duties and responsibilities.

youdao

不，你可以在你方便的时候给我打电话。

No, you can give me a call if you are convenient.

youdao

And what's interesting about it, and what indicates its importance to Buddy, is that Bessie gets on about him getting a phone ; where he's teaching in upstate New York; he's teaching writing as a visiting writer at a college in upstate New York. And Bessie, his mother, keeps saying, "Well, why won't you get a phone, Buddy?

有意思的是，这对巴蒂很重要，因为，贝西给他打了一个电话,在他在纽约北部教书的地方;,他教写作，作为访问学者在,纽约北部的一所大学里，贝西，他的妈妈，说，好了，为什么你不接电话？

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