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。
如果某人给你打了个“冷电话”(cold call),就是说他在与你素未联络、且并未预约的情况下贸然致电或拜访,试图销售自己的商品。
我们常说的“骚扰电话、推销电话”就可以用cold call来表示。其名词形式为cold calling。
例如:
She had worked as a call center operator making cold calls to sell life insurance。
她在一家呼叫中心做电话员的工作,专门打推销电话卖人寿保险。