训斥、严厉或愤怒地责备：指以严厉或愤怒的态度责备某人，通常是在公开场合。
censure severely or angrily
同义词： take to task / rebuke / rag / trounce / reproof / lecture / reprimand / jaw / dress down / call down / scold / chide / berate / bawl out / remonstrate / chew out / chew up / have words / lambaste / lambast
... Call it a day 今天到此为止 暂停止 *Call on the carpet 被批评 Call the dogs off 停止追逐;停止查询；打断不快的谈话;叫亩裟狗不要再来骚扰我 ...
... call on the carpet 责备某人 on the carpet 在考虑中；在审议中 take up a carpet 拿起地毯 ...
We need the principled press to hold power to account, to call them on the carpet for every outrage.
我们需要有原则的媒体把握住报道权，采访红毯上每个感到愤慨的人们。