| 单词 | criticize |
| 释义 | Word family noun critic criticism adjective critical ≠ uncritical verb criticize adverb critically ≠ uncritically crit·i·cize (also criticise British English) /ˈkrɪtɪsaɪz/ ●●● W3 verb 1 [intransitive, transitive]CRITICIZE to express your disapproval of someone or something, or to talk about their faults 批评；指责 OPP praise Ron does nothing but criticize and complain all the time. 罗恩什么也不干，只是一味指责和抱怨。be strongly/sharply/heavily criticized The decision has been strongly criticized by teachers. 这一决定遭到了教师的强烈批评。 The new law has been widely criticized. 这项新法律受到了广泛的批评。criticize somebody/something for (doing) something He has been criticized for incompetence. 他因为工作不称职而受到了批评。 Doctors have criticized the government for failing to invest enough in the health service. 医生批评政府没有在公共医疗保健服务上投入足够的资金。criticize somebody/something as something The report has been criticized as inaccurate and incomplete. 这份报告被批评为既不准确又不完整。2 [transitive] formalJUDGE to express judgments about the good and bad qualities of something 评论 We look at each other’s work and criticize it. 我们交换作品，互相提出批评意见。n COLLOCATIONSadverbsstrongly/severely/heavily criticize somebody/somethingPublic transport has been severely criticized in the report.sharply/harshly/fiercely criticize somebody/something (=in an angry way)His attorney sharply criticized the police yesterday.be widely criticizedThe proposal was widely criticized.publicly criticize somebody/somethingThe head coach publicly criticized the referee’s decision.roundly criticize somebody/something (=strongly and severely)Their research has been roundly criticized.openly criticize somebody/something (=in a public and direct way)They openly criticized the government’s handling of the crisis.repeatedly/frequently/constantly criticizeThe fashion industry is frequently criticized for presenting extremely thin models as beautiful.phrasesbe quick to criticize somebody/somethingSome groups were quick to criticize the president.criticize somebody/something on the grounds that (=for the reason that)The survey was criticized on the grounds that the sample was too small. THESAURUScriticize to say what you think is bad about someone or something 批评He was criticized for not being tough enough with the terrorists. 他被批评对付恐怖分子不够强硬。Stop criticizing my friends! 别再批评我的朋友！nIt’s easy to criticize, but not so easy to offer helpful solutions.be critical of somebody/something to criticize someone or something, especially by giving detailed reasons for this 〔尤针对具体事由〕批评某人/某事The report was highly critical of the police investigation. 该报道对警方的调查予以严厉的批评。The press have been critical of his leadership style. 媒体一直批评他的领导作风。attack to criticize someone or something very strongly, especially publicly in the newspapers, on TV etc 〔尤指在报纸、电视等上公开地进行〕严厉批评，抨击They attacked the government’s decision to undertake nuclear weapons tests. 他们严厉批评政府从事核武器试验的决定。lay into somebody/tear into somebody to criticize someone very strongly for something they have done, especially by shouting at them 大骂某人He started laying into one of his staff for being late. 他开始大骂一名员工上班迟到。tear somebody/something to shreds to find a lot of things wrong with someone’s arguments or ideas and make them seem very weak 把某人/某论点等驳得体无完肤The prosecution will tear him to shreds. 控方律师将会把他驳得体无完肤。pan to strongly criticize a film, play etc in the newspapers, on TV etc 〔在报纸、电视等上〕严厉地批评〔电影、戏剧等〕Her first movie was panned by the critics. 她的第一部影片遭到影评人士严厉批评。be pilloried especially written to be strongly criticized by a lot of people in the newspapers, on TV etc 〔在报纸、电视等上〕受到许多人抨击He was pilloried in the right-wing press. 他遭到右翼媒体的口诛笔伐。condemn to say very strongly in public that you do not approve of something or someone, especially because you think they are morally wrong 公开谴责Politicians were quick to condemn the bombing. 政治家们迅速出来谴责这起爆炸事件。to criticize unfairly 不公正地批评find fault with somebody/something to criticize things that you think are wrong with something, especially small and unimportant things 〔尤指在鸡毛蒜皮的事上〕批评某人/某事，挑某人/某事的毛病He’s quick to find fault with other people’s work. 他动不动就挑别人工作上的毛病。pick holes in something informal to criticize something by finding many small faults in it, in a way that seems unreasonable and unfair 〔似乎无理和不公正地〕挑某事的刺Why are you always picking holes in my work? 你为什么老是对我的工作挑刺？knock to criticize someone or something, in an unfair and unreasonable way 〔不公平、不合理地〕批评I know it’s fashionable to knock Tony Blair, but I think he did a good job. 我知道现在流行批评托尼•布莱尔，可是我觉得他干得很好。slag off British English informal to criticize someone in an unfair and unpleasant way 〔不公平、不合理地〕批评nHe’s always slagging you off behind your back.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuscriticize• It's easy to criticize, but managing a football team can be an extremely difficult job.• In this chapter, the inductivist account of science will be criticized by casting doubt on the third of these assumptions.• Though his subsequent report did not directly criticize Campbell, it did attack the overall structure of the police and judiciary.• It was not undertaken to support, refute or criticize contemporary urban and regional theory.• I meet with several other artists and we criticize each other's work.• The United Nations was criticized for failing to react sooner to the crisis.• She would never have thought of criticizing his hardness.• Jackson declined to criticize his opponent, choosing instead to focus on his own message.• Stop criticizing my driving!• Moreover, the students are culturally expected to criticize not only the university itself but the entire society.• The question is not just whether it criticizes the Conservative Party but when it criticizes the Conservative Party.• The President criticized the proposal as expensive and impractical.• People are always criticizing the Royal family, but I think they do a good job.be strongly/sharply/heavily criticized• It was strongly criticized by a majority of the Congress and by both business and the trade unions.• The larger estates were heavily criticized for absent or late provision of social and community facilities.• Yet the president is sharply criticized for convening a national forum to discuss our racial divisions.• Bozeman was heavily criticized for replacing Campanelli.• Social services departments were strongly criticized in the 1980s for not taking more effective action to protect children at risk.crit·i·cize verb →n COLLOCATIONS1 →THESAURUS1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable disapproval your something, of express to someone or to or Corpus |
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