| 单词 | critical |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['kritikəl] |
| 解释 | a.挑毛病的；关键的，危急的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 找出毛病的(looking for faults);关键的(of or at a crisis) 【考】 bombast : pompous / tirade : critical(夸大的言辞是夸大的 /长篇攻击性演说是批 评的) 【记】 crit+ical |
| 字源 | critical (adj.) 1580s, "censorious," from critic + -al (1). Meaning "pertaining to criticism" is from 1741; medical sense is from c.1600; meaning "of the nature of a crisis" is from 1640s; that of "crucial" is from 1841, from the "decisive" sense in Latin criticus. Related: Criticality (1756; in the nuclear sense, 1950); critically (1650s, "accurately;" 1815, "in a critical situation"). In nuclear science, critical mass is attested from 1940. |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 吹毛求疵的(爱进行严厉批判); 关键的(具有转折点性质的) 【类】bombast: pompous = tirade: critical夸大言辞是夸大的 = 长篇攻击性演说是批评的 |
| 趣味全助记 | 无 |
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