Other writers, and filmmakers too, have been taken to task when attempting such feats.

家和影制人在尝试这样的壮举时也受到过责难。

When was anybody ever discovered, investigated, or taken to task?

什么时候有人被发现、调查或受到责罚过？

Still the general line of attack is clear Amazon, Apple and Google are being taken to task over their chowkold on e-commerce app stores and search engines respectively, Google and Facebook face scrutiny over online advertising which they dominate.

攻击的总体方向仍然很清楚，亚马逊、苹果和谷歌分别因为们在子商务、应用商店和搜索引擎方面的垄断地位而受到指责。 谷歌和Facebook则因为在在线广告领域的主导地位而受到审查。

You know, she did things that were progressive and she did things that were left-leaning and she did things that she feels should get her a pass and that the fact that she's getting taken to task now.

你知道，一些进步的事情，一些偏左的事情，一些认为应该让免于责难的事情，而现在却因此受到批评。

He who had soared amid the remotest grandeurs of nature had been taken to task on a rudimentary question of morals, which had never been a question with him at all.

曾经翱翔在最遥远的宏伟大自然中，却被派去解决一个基本的道德问题，而这对来说根本就不是问题。

He was taken to task for not reporting the problem earlier.

【task】因为没有早点报告问题受到严厉批评。