In a startlingly swift fall from grace, Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned Wednesday after getting caught in a call-girl scandal that made a mockery of his straight-arrow image and left him facing the prospect of criminal charges and perhaps disbarment.
该报道中的call girl(a female prostitute who can be hired by telephone)指的是“应召女郎”,也叫escort,她们一般不出现在大众视野内,也不属于某个团体组织;而street walker(a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets)则是公开在街上揽客的妓女。
跟call有关的短语有:
As the call, so the echo. [谚]发什么声音, 有什么回声(善有善报, 恶有恶报)。