take someone to task (teik sāmwán tú tǎsī kè)

Idiom Criticism

含义

to strongly criticize someone for something they did wrong

严厉批评某人因为他们做错了某事 (yánlì pīpíng mǒu rén yīnwèi tāmen zuò cuòle mǒu shì)

例句

"The teacher took him to task for cheating on the exam."

"老师因他在考试中作弊而严厉批评了他。" (lǎoshī yīn tā zài kǎoshì zhōng zhǔbì ér yánlì pīpíngle tā)