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问题: call down sth on sb是什么意思?

这里有一个句子:
He circled the long dining-room table with a
Scotch highball in his hand,calling down
terrible oaths on his glamorous employees.

解答:

他手里端着一杯苏格兰酒,围着长长的餐桌转着,在向他的那些穿着讲究的雇员们发誓(赌咒)。
call down sth on sb正常的说法是call sth down on sb,“祈求(降祸)于某人”