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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   critical

   • IPA[ˈkridək(ə)l]

   美式

   • adj.
     expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgments；expressing or involving an analysis of the merits and faults of a work of literature, music, or art
2. • 釋義

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgments he was critical of many U.S. welfare programs 同義詞 censorious, condemnatory, condemning, castigatory, reproving, ... 更多denunciatory, deprecatory, disparaging, disapproving, scathing, criticizing, fault-finding, judgmental, negative, unfavorable, unsympathetic, hypercritical, ultra-critical, overcritical, pedantic, pettifogging, cavilling, carping, quibbling, niggling, pass-remarkable, informalnitpicking, hairsplitting, picky, griping, bitching, bellyaching, whingeing, pernickety, persnickety, rarereprobatory, reprobative反義詞 complimentary
   • 2. expressing or involving an analysis of the merits and faults of a work of literature, music, or art she never won the critical acclaim she sought 同義詞 evaluative, analytic, analytical, interpretative, expository, ... 更多commentative, explanatory, explicative, elucidative
   • ▪ (of a published literary or musical text) incorporating a detailed and scholarly analysis and commentary a critical edition of a Bach sonata
   • ▪ involving the objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgement professors often find it difficult to encourage critical thinking in their students
   • 3. (of a situation or problem) having the potential to become disastrous; at a point of crisis the flood waters had not receded, and the situation was still critical 同義詞 grave, serious, dangerous, risky, perilous, ... 更多hazardous, precarious, touch-and-go, in the balance, uncertain, desperate, dire, acute, very bad, life-and-death, life-threatening, informalchancy, dicey, hairy, iffy, dodgy, archaic, humorousparlous, peracute, profound, rareegregious反義詞 safe
   • ▪ (of a person) extremely ill and at risk of death he had been in critical condition since undergoing surgery
   • ▪ having a decisive or crucial importance in the success, failure, or existence of something temperature is a critical factor in successful fruit storage getting banks lending again was critical to any recovery 同義詞 crucial, vital, essential, of the essence, all-important, ... 更多important, of the utmost importance, of great consequence, high-priority, paramount, preeminent, fundamental, key, pivotal, deciding, decisive, climacteric, momentous, serious, urgent, pressing, compelling, exigent反義詞 unimportant
   • 4. relating to or denoting a point of transition from one state to another if the density is less than a certain critical value the gravitational attraction will be too weak to halt the expansion
   • 5. (of a nuclear reactor or fuel) maintaining a self-sustaining chain reaction the reactor is due to go critical in October