我认为"call sb. names"没有骂人那么严重的感觉。"Call sb. names"还是指南都某人。肯定是小孩子采用的一个说法,或者一个成人教育小孩子的一个说法,比如说:"Play nice, don't call him names." 骂人的话应该是比较低速的,比如"bastard"或者"bitch".小孩子都小朋友的话不会用这些词语,而会说"dummy," "fatty," "four-eyes," 这类.
To call somebody names is like to 骂人 but in English this is normally used among children, it's something you would expect to hear in the playground or at primary school.
He told him not to call him names 他说过了他不可以骂他
- Don't call me names - 不要骂我
- He always bullies people and calls them names - 他总是欺负人并且骂他们