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单词 critical
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Critical
adjadj.allmarked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws
Examples:
  • a critical attitude
Antonyms:uncritical
Derivationally Related Form:criticismcritic
Inherited Hypernyms:critical
Similar to:captious faultfinding censorious deprecative hypercritical overcritical scathing vituperative searing
See also:sarcastic unfavorable unfavourable
adjadj.allat or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction
Topic:chemical sciencechemistrynatural philosophyphysics
Attributes:criticality
Examples:
  • a critical temperature of water is 100 degrees C--its boiling point at standard atmospheric pressure
  • critical mass
  • go critical
Antonyms:noncritical
Derivationally Related Form:criticality
Inherited Hypernyms:critical
Similar to:supercritical
adjadj.allcharacterized by careful evaluation and judgment
Examples:
  • a critical reading
  • a critical dissertation
  • a critical analysis of Melville's writings
Antonyms:uncritical
Derivationally Related Form:criticismcritic
Inherited Hypernyms:critical
Similar to:appraising evaluative discriminative judicial
See also:discerning scholarly
adj satadj.allurgently needed; absolutely necessary
Synset:vital
Examples:
  • a critical element of the plan
  • critical medical supplies
  • vital for a healthy society
  • of vital interest
Antonyms:dispensable
Derivationally Related Form:vitalnesscriticalitycriticalness
Inherited Hypernyms:critical
Similar to:indispensable
adj satadj.allforming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis
Synset:decisive
Examples:
  • a critical point in the campaign
  • the critical test
Antonyms:noncrucial
Derivationally Related Form:crisisdecisivenesscriticalness
Inherited Hypernyms:critical
Similar to:crucial important
adjadj.allbeing in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency
Attributes:crisis
Examples:
  • a critical shortage of food
  • a critical illness
  • an illness at the critical stage
Antonyms:noncritical
Derivationally Related Form:criticalitycriticalness
Inherited Hypernyms:critical
Similar to:acute dangerous grave grievous life-threatening serious severe desperate dire
See also:crucial important
adjadj.pertof or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism
Examples:
  • critical acclaim
Derivationally Related Form:criticismcritic
Pertainyms:criticism
Inherited Hypernyms:critical
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