新闻热词：召回 recall

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　　日本索尼公司可谓是连连受挫，从即日起，IBM和联想将在全球范围内召回共52.6万块笔记本问题电池，这是近期内索尼问题锂电池第四次大规模召回事件。看来，“日本制造”的质量金字招牌可谓渐行渐远。
　　Lenovo and IBM Corporation have announced the voluntary recall of some 526,000 lithium-ion batteries used in ThinkPad notebook computers worldwide due to the latest problem with batteries made by Sony Corp.
　　产品质量不合格，厂家若要收回进行再修理，可用单词“recall”，其相应的英文释义是：“A request by the manufacturer of a product that has been identified as defective to return it”(制造商收回问题产品)。看例句：The car was recalled for possible safety defects.(汽车因可能存在的安全缺陷被召。)
　　与“收回、召回”不同，日前针对SK-II问题化妆品，客户的“退货”需用单词“refund”。
　　另外，recall除了常用义“回忆、回想”，也可用来形容“取消(命令)”、“召回(大使)”，如：recall a decision(撤销裁定);recall sb. from abroad(把某人从国外召回)。