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 ":
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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 | Britannica Dictionary CRITICAL meaning: 1 : expressing criticism or disapproval; 2 : of or relating to the judgments of critics about books, movies, art, etc
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Critical - definition of critical by . . . - The Free Dictionary Relating to or characterized by criticism; reflecting careful analysis and judgment: a critical appreciation of the filmmaker's work b Of, relating to, or characteristic of critics: a play that received great critical acclaim c Including scholarly commentary and interpretation: a critical edition of Poe's stories 3 a
Critical - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com The adjective critical has several meanings, among them, "vital," "verging on emergency," "tending to point out errors," and "careful "
What Does Critical Mean? - The Word Counter Something that is critical is of decisive importance Many things can be critical, including a critical attitude, critical test, critical reading, critical analysis, and more The word critical has three syllables – crit-i-cal, and the pronunciation of critical is krɪtɪkəl