take to task中文什么意思

找麻烦, 责备, 指责

• take:    vt. (took; taken ) ...
• task:    n. 1.(派定的)工作，任务，功课 ...
• take a person to task, to:    责备某人

例句与用法

1. I was taken to task for having fraser on the board .
   有人责问我为什么让费雷泽参加董事会。
2. I was taken to task for arriving late
   由于迟到我受到了责备。
3. I am right in taking to task the historians for slighting this important development
   这些史学家忽略了这一重要发展，我对他们的指责是正确的。
4. Earlier this year edwards was taken to task in newspapers and on the internet for paying 400 dollars for a haircut
   今年早些时候，爱德华兹因理发花费400美元而在报纸和互联网上遭到谴责。

英文释义

动词

1. censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger''s car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
   同义词：call on the carpet, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast