tell off

分派, 斥责

例句与用法：

A small party of men were told off for burial duty.

一小组人被分派去执行掩埋的任务。

Ten soldiers were told off to dig ditches.

十名战士被分派去挖沟。

详细释义：

分派出

Only two of them were told off to do the job.

仅他们中的两个人被派去做那件工作。