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

其他家和电影制尝试这样的壮举时也受到过责难。

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

【task】他因为没有早点报问题受到了严厉批评。

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.

他曾经翱翔最遥远的宏伟中，却被派去解决一个基本的道德问题，而这对他来说根本就不是问题。