1N-COUNT (冷不防打来的)推销电话;上门推销;冷访 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. (冷不防打来的)推销电话;上门推销;冷访
She had worked as a call centre operator making cold calls for time-share holidays.
她曾经在话务中心当过话务员,负责打电话推销分时度假。
2VERB (未事先联系或约定而)进行电话推销,上门推销 To cold call means to make a cold call. (未事先联系或约定而)进行电话推销,上门推销 [Also VERB n]
You should refuse to meet anyone who cold calls with an offer of financial advice. [VERB]
你应该拒绝和那些贸然打电话提供理财建议的陌生人见面。
cold calling
We will adhere to strict sales ethics, with none of the cold calling that has given the industry such a bad name.