pull sb up especially BrEto stop someone who is doing something wrong and tell them you do not approve责备（斥责）某人[+ on ]•I felt I had to pull her up on her lateness.为免她再次迟到我觉得必须直斥其非。⇒pull sb up short at SHORT² (7)ˌpull sb ˈup(BrE) (informal)to criticize sb for sth that they have done wrong训斥；斥责pull sb up阻止;制止(犯错或做不正确事情的人)：When a naughty child was going to play a mischievous trick，his mother pulled him up.当一个顽皮孩子正要去淘气时，他的母亲制止了他。 |