take to task

基本解釋

To correct by punishment or reproof; take to task.
申斥，斥責通過懲罰或責備使改正；
When your manager asks you how long will it take to complete Task A, make sure you understand his or her definition of "complete."
當你的經理問你完成任務需要多長時間時，確保你自己明白他或她所定義的完成是什么意思。
Your book surprised me because you really take parents to task for paying more attention to their technology than to their children.
您的書令我吃驚，因為您真的讓父母們做了相關的測驗以證明他們對科技產品的關注度超過了對孩子的關注。

It is rather for us,the living, we here be dedicated to the great task remaining before us - that,from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here, gave the last full measure of devotion - that we here highly resolve these dead shall not have died in vain;
It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain that this nation,under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people,for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

We take to task egregious examples of misquotation from any candidate who chooses to leverage cheap political stunts to mislead voters and muddy the political process.
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Obama also missed a crucial opportunity to take Romney to task over his 47% comment.
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