(為失誤等而)責備(某人) speak severely to sb for a fault or failure
take sb to task
My father took me to task about my dirty hands.
我爸爸責備我,說我的手很臟。
She took the government to task over its economic record.
她批評政府的經濟劣跡。
He's been taken to task for his habitual lack of punctuality.
他因為經常不準時而受到批評。