His father gave him a severe telling-off.

父亲严厉地批评了他。

To be truthful we got a bit of telling off from the gaffer at half time.

他说“(凯文)戴维斯在前方制造着麻烦,说实话我们半场休息时都没谱了.

The robot supply teacher was capable of catching students passing notes and copying homework as well as giving them a rather stern telling off.

这位机器人代课老师能抓住传纸条和抄作业的学生，也能相当严厉地教训他们。