| 词汇 | bring somebody to book |
| 释义 | bring somebody to bookbring somebody to book SCLto punish someone for breaking laws or rules, especially when you have been trying to punish them for a long time 将某人绳之以法，将某人依法治罪 War criminals must be brought to book. 战犯必须绳之以法。 Examples from the Corpus bring somebody to book• Nor has Mr Wahid's government made much progress in bringing the army to book for human-rights offences.• Angelina was determined to bring Sir Thomas to book as soon as she could.• The House can rest assured that the Government will take every action possible to bring villains to book. → bring somebody to book at book1(7) |
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