critical 音标拼音: [kr'ɪtɪkəl]
a . 批评的,评论的;危急的,紧要的;临界的
批评的,评论的;危急的,紧要的;临界的
critical 关键; 关键的
critical 临界 紧要
critical adj 1 :
marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws ; "
a critical attitude " [
ant : {
uncritical }]
2 :
at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction ; "
a critical temperature of water is 100 degrees C --
its boiling point at standard atmospheric pressure "; "
critical mass "; "
go critical " [
ant :
{
noncritical }]
3 :
characterized by careful evaluation and judgment ; "
a critical reading "; "
a critical dissertation "; "
a critical analysis of Melville '
s writings " [
ant : {
noncritical }, {
uncritical }]
4 :
urgently needed ;
absolutely necessary ; "
a critical element of the plan "; "
critical medical supplies "; "
vital for a healthy society "; "
of vital interest " [
synonym : {
critical }, {
vital }]
5 :
forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis ; "
a critical point in the campaign "; "
the critical test " [
synonym :
{
critical }, {
decisive }]
6 :
being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency ; "
a critical shortage of food "; "
a critical illness "; "
an illness at the critical stage " [
ant : {
noncritical }, {
noncrucial }]
7 :
of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism ;
"
critical acclaim "
Critical \
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a . [
See {
Critic },
n .,
{
Crisis }.]
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1 .
Qualified to criticise ,
or pass judgment upon ,
literary or artistic productions .
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It is submitted to the judgment of more critical ears to direct and determine what is graceful and what is not . --
Holder .
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2 .
Pertaining to criticism or the critic '
s art ;
of the nature of a criticism ;
accurate ;
as ,
critical knowledge ;
a critical dissertation .
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3 .
Inclined to make nice distinctions ,
or to exercise careful judgment and selection ;
exact ;
nicely judicious .
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Virgil was so critical in the rites of religion ,
that he would never have brought in such prayers as these ,
if they had not been agreeable to the Roman customs . --
Bp .
Stillingfleet .
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4 .
Inclined to criticise or find fault ;
fastidious ;
captious ;
censorious ;
exacting .
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O gentle lady ,
do not put me to '
t ,
For I am nothing ,
if not critical . --
Shak .
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5 .
Characterized by thoroughness and a reference to principles ,
as becomes a critic ;
as ,
a critical analysis of a subject .
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6 . [
See {
Crisis }.]
Pertaining to ,
or indicating ,
a crisis ,
turning point ,
or specially important juncture ;
important as regards consequences ;
hence ,
of doubtful issue ;
attended with risk ;
dangerous ;
as ,
the critical stage of a fever ;
a critical situation .
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Our circumstances are indeed critical . --
Burke .
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The small moment ,
the exact point ,
the critical minute ,
on which every good work so much depends .
--
South .
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{
Critical angle } (
Optics ),
that angle of incidence of a luminous ray at which it is wholly reflected ,
and no portion of it transmitted .
The sine of this angle is the reciprocal of the refractive index of the medium .
{
Critical philosophy },
the metaphysical system of Kant ; --
so called from his most important work ,
the "
Critique of Pure Reason ."
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215 Moby Thesaurus words for "
critical ":
Herculean ,
abstruse ,
accurate ,
acute ,
alarming ,
allegorizing ,
annotative ,
appreciative ,
arduous ,
attentive ,
bad ,
basic ,
belittling ,
brutal ,
captious ,
carping ,
caviling ,
censorious ,
charged ,
choicy ,
choosy ,
clamorous ,
clarifying ,
climacteric ,
close ,
commentative ,
commentatorial ,
compelling ,
complex ,
conclusive ,
conscientious ,
consequential ,
correct ,
critic ,
crucial ,
crying ,
cynical ,
dangerous ,
dangersome ,
decisive ,
delicate ,
demanding ,
demeaning ,
demonstrative ,
demythologizing ,
deprecating ,
deprecative ,
deprecatory ,
depreciating ,
depreciative ,
depreciatory ,
desperate ,
detailed ,
determinative ,
differential ,
difficile ,
difficult ,
dire ,
discerning ,
discoursive ,
discriminate ,
discriminating ,
discriminative ,
disparaging ,
disquisitional ,
dissertational ,
distinctive ,
distinguishing ,
editorial ,
elucidative ,
emergent ,
enlightening ,
essayistic ,
essential ,
euhemeristic ,
exact ,
exacting ,
exegetic ,
exemplificative ,
exigent ,
explaining ,
explanatory ,
explicative ,
explicatory ,
explosive ,
expositive ,
expositorial ,
expository ,
exquisite ,
fastidious ,
faultfinding ,
fine ,
finical ,
finicking ,
finicky ,
formidable ,
fraught with danger ,
fussy ,
glossarial ,
grave ,
hairsplitting ,
hairy ,
hard ,
hard -
earned ,
hard -
fought ,
high -
pressure ,
high -
priority ,
humbling ,
hypercritical ,
illuminating ,
illuminative ,
illustrative ,
imperative ,
imperious ,
important ,
insistent ,
instant ,
intricate ,
jawbreaking ,
jeopardous ,
judgemental ,
judgmental ,
judicative ,
judicial ,
judiciary ,
judicious ,
juridic ,
juristic ,
kairotic ,
key ,
knotted ,
knotty ,
laborious ,
loaded ,
lowering ,
mean ,
menacing ,
meticulous ,
minute ,
momentous ,
monographic ,
nagging ,
narrow ,
nice ,
niggling ,
no picnic ,
not easy ,
on slippery ground ,
on thin ice ,
operose ,
overcritical ,
parlous ,
particular ,
penetrating ,
perfectionistic ,
periculous ,
perilous ,
pettifogging ,
picky ,
pivotal ,
precarious ,
precise ,
precisianistic ,
precisionistic ,
pregnant ,
pressing ,
priggish ,
prudish ,
punctilious ,
punctual ,
puristic ,
puritanic ,
quibbling ,
rationalistic ,
rationalizing ,
refined ,
religious ,
rigid ,
rigorous ,
rough ,
rugged ,
scholiastic ,
scrupulous ,
scrutinizing ,
selective ,
sensitive ,
serious ,
set with thorns ,
severe ,
significant ,
slippery ,
slippy ,
spiny ,
steep ,
strenuous ,
strict ,
subtle ,
tactful ,
thorny ,
threatening ,
ticklish ,
toilsome ,
touch -
and -
go ,
touchy ,
tough ,
trichoschistic ,
tricky ,
ugly ,
ultracritical ,
uncertain ,
uphill ,
urgent ,
vital ,
weighty ,
wicked
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CRITICAL Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of CRITICAL is inclined to criticize severely and unfavorably How to use critical in a sentence Synonym Discussion of Critical
CRITICAL Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Critical definition: inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily See examples of CRITICAL used in a sentence
CRITICAL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary CRITICAL definition: 1 saying that someone or something is bad or wrong: 2 giving or relating to opinions or… Learn more
CRITICAL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary If a person is critical or in a critical condition in hospital, they are seriously ill Ten of the injured are said to be in critical condition
critical - WordReference. com Dictionary of English inclined to find fault or to judge severely: remarks far too critical of the queen of or relating to critics or criticism:[before a noun] a critical edition of Chaucer
Critical - definition of critical by The Free Dictionary If you are critical of someone or something, you show that you disapprove of them When critical has this meaning, it can be used in front of a noun or after a linking verb
critical - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (physics) Of a temperature that is equal to the temperature of the critical point of a substance, i e the temperature above which the substance cannot be liquefied
Critical thinking - Wikipedia Critical thinking is the process of analyzing available facts, evidence, observations, and arguments to make sound conclusions or informed choices It involves recognizing underlying assumptions, providing justifications for ideas and actions, evaluating these justifications through comparisons with varying perspectives, and assessing their rationality and potential consequences [1] The goal
critical, adj. n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English . . . There are 16 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word critical, one of which is labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
CRITICAL Synonyms: 130 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster Some common synonyms of critical are captious, carping, censorious, faultfinding, and hypercritical While all these words mean "inclined to look for and point out faults and defects," critical may also imply an effort to see a thing clearly and truly in order to judge it fairly