take to task

基本解釋

To correct by punishment or reproof; take to task.
申斥，斥責(zé)通過懲罰或責(zé)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(dāng)你的經(jīng)理問你完成任務(wù)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?yàn)槟娴淖尭改競冏隽讼嚓P(guān)的測驗(yàn)以證明他們對科技產(chǎn)品的關(guān)注度超過了對孩子的關(guān)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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