| 单词 | critical |
| 释义 | critical (krɪtɪkəl ) 1. adjective B2 A critical time, factor, or situation is extremely important. The incident happened at a critical point in the campaign. Environmentalists say a critical factor in the city's pollution is its population. He says setting priorities is of critical importance. How you finance a business is critical to the success of your venture. Synonyms: crucial, decisive, momentous, deciding critically (krɪtɪkli ) adverb [ADVERB with verb, ADVERB adjective] B2 Economic prosperity depends critically on an open world trading system. It was a critically important moment in his career. 2. adjective B2 A critical situation is very serious and dangerous. The authorities are considering an airlift if the situation becomes critical. Its day-to-day finances are in a critical state. critically adverb [usually ADVERB adjective] B2 Moscow is running critically low on food supplies. 3. adjective B2 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. Synonyms: grave, serious, dangerous, acute critically adverb [usually ADVERB adjective, oft ADVERB with verb] B2 She was critically ill. A youth was killed and another critically injured. 4. adjective To be critical of someone or something means to criticize them. His report is highly critical of the trial judge. [+ of] ...a few dozen intellectuals who've been critical of the regime. He has apologised for critical remarks he made about the referee. Synonyms: disparaging, disapproving, scathing, derogatory critically adverb She spoke critically of Lara. [+ of] 5. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A critical approach to something involves examining and judging it carefully. We need to become critical text-readers. Marx's work was more than a critical study of capitalist production. ...the critical analysis of political ideas. critically adverb Wyman watched them critically. 6. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] If something or someone receives critical acclaim, critics say that they are very good. The film met with considerable critical and public acclaim. The show was also a resounding critical success. Idioms: go critical to reach a stage of development where a project or organization can operate smoothly and successfully The programme confirmed its initial impact in week two, and really `went critical' with the third edition on 8 December. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: critical decision They are now beginning to realise that we face the most critical decision for a generation. Times, Sunday Times No, the critical decision was, as always: plane or train? Times,Sunday Times Another scene depicts him taking a long, lonely walk as he presumably deliberates his critical decision. Times, Sunday Times In these critical decision units, critical decisions weren't taken. Times, Sunday Times A critical decision on draconian laws penalising newspapers could be delayed for months after ministers yesterday chose to contest a legal challenge over press regulation. Times, Sunday Times His wealth of leadership experience positions him to be an effective manager of this critical development institution. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A lesser known example, however, remains the critical development of respiratory control during developmental periods. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The critical development during the past decade has been the systematic demonstration, exploration, and attempted explanation of dissociations between explicit and implicit memory. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In wildlife, the critical development time frames are in utero, in ovo, and during reproductive periods. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Advancements in big data analysis offer cost-effective opportunities to improve decision-making in critical development areas such as health care, employment, economic productivity, crime, security, and natural disaster and resource management. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 How can we be open to critical discourse without resorting to shame-based campaigns against one another? Christianity Today In her professional activity she includes three conjoined strategies: production-exhibition, critical discourse, and education-collaborative work encompassing artists, students and communities around the world. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This can create significant barriers to critical discourse within an online medium. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Use of the concept of commodification became common with the rise of critical discourse analysis in semiotics. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Initially, they intended it to provide a space for a new form of critical discourse on and with the nets. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He therefore acknowledges that there are limits to what critical discussion can achieve. The Times Literary Supplement However easy-going his manner, he was dedicated to literature and its critical discussion as key voices in social discourse. Times, Sunday Times Both of these incidents prompted critical discussion of the distinction between hard and soft sciences. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This analysis stimulated a lot of critical discussion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The theoretical assumptions and the empirical research connected with the concept of post-materialism have received considerable attention and critical discussion in the human sciences. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These huge volumes are a mine of information containing all the materials for a standard critical edition. The Times Literary Supplement As it stands, however, the critical edition and poetic translation do not mesh. The Times Literary Supplement Even his business memorandums get their own critical edition, entire exhibitions are mounted about the factories he inspected and volumes are published about his obscure relatives. Times, Sunday Times However, the idea of a 'critical edition' of either work, based on manuscripts, and detailing the corrections he made to successive printings, would have horrified him. The Times Literary Supplement A new critical edition and translation appeared in 2003. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The biography clearly results from decades of compassionate, critical engagement with the work and its author. The Times Literary Supplement Finally, critical engagement with a wide range of primary sources has long lain at the very heart of the identity of history as a discipline. The Times Literary Supplement Is it not possible that a greater critical engagement by the audience might improve the theatrical experience? Times, Sunday Times We know how to criticize, even critique, but true critical engagement with entertainment and the arts has been restricted to small pockets that take hits on all sides. Christianity Today There should be no necessary opposition between fine-grained critical engagement with the material properties of works of art, and systematic analysis of the relationship between art and social relations. The Times Literary Supplement Novelists in particular are sensitive to their posthumous existence, obliged to endure little distorted obituaries of themselves in every review, critical essay or academic study. The Times Literary Supplement His preface was the first critical essay on waka. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As such, a critical essay requires research and analysis, strong internal logic and sharp structure. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In addition to the many critical essays he published over the years, he promoted his views from within official institutions. The Times Literary Supplement As the collection continues, these refreshingly punchy accounts give way to more traditional critical essays. The Times Literary Supplement The project management module covers the critical evaluation of project management theory and methods, tools and techniques. Times, Sunday Times But critical evaluation also comes from experience and the average five-year-old has not lived long enough to amass such experience. Times, Sunday Times This volume demonstrates to glorious effect what scrupulous bibliography can bring to literary history and critical evaluation. The Times Literary Supplement These lobes handle and control behaviour skills, including critical evaluation, impulse control and planning, among others. Times, Sunday Times A critical evaluation of the force control hypothesis in motor control. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Any proposed erosions of them need meticulous critical examination. The Sun Again, that may sound airily philosophical, but until we resolve our deepest feelings through honesty and critical examination, they will continue to haunt us. Times, Sunday Times Televised debates are the voters' chance to listen to what the party leaders propose and how they respond to critical examination. Times, Sunday Times Never has constructively critical examination of executive action been more important. Times,Sunday Times This dialogue has the goal of assessing reasons behind competing interpretations through critical examination of evidence, arguments, and alternate points of view. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They seized upon management as the central force and the critical factor. MANAGEMENT: task, responsibilities, practices (1974) The critical factor was the fact that the first defendant was employed by the club. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The critical factor is whether organized labour will form a part of the first, future, democratic government. Urbanization in Post-Apartheid South Africa (1990) A growing thirst for oil from the emerging economies of Asia is one critical factor. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The collective critical faculty of the media has collapsed. Times, Sunday Times (2008) No adversely critical faculty was brought to bear. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Either that or the great web-viewing public is entirely devoid of any critical faculty. Times, Sunday Times (2006) As the only accommodation within 171,000 acres of a 'critical habitat area' - millions of birds migrate and nest here - it's a recipe for contemplation, not claustrophobia. Times, Sunday Times Knowing that the sand tiger sharks return to specific ships means conservationists can try to get a handle on their numbers and designate critical habitat among the wrecks. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Finally, we found that many endangered species, particularly plants and invertebrates, experience high levels of noise pollution in their critical habitat – geographic areas that are essential for their survival. Smithsonian Mag Hundreds of lakes and marshlands in this region provide critical habitat for migratory and nesting bird species. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The wilderness also offers some of the most critical habitat for wolverines in the lower 48 states. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Where you sleep in between your climbing endeavours is of critical importance. Times, Sunday Times (2009) This is of critical importance in identifying training needs. Personnel Management: A New Approach (1991) There are parts of Manchester where prematurely ending a game of critical importance would guarantee the hairdryer treatment from the management. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The availability of consumer panel data and recognition of the critical importance of repeat buying has heightened interest in this area. Basic Marketing. Principles and Practice (1986) In recent years critical incident stress debriefing has become popular. Times, Sunday Times A critical incident report by the hospital concluded that the problem had been due to human error, rather than a fault with a machine. Times, Sunday Times They also support crowd control and critical incident operations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 All institutions providing anaesthesiological care to patients must contribute to the recognised national or other major audits of safe practice and critical incident reporting systems. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A critical incident can be described as one that makes a contributioneither positively or negativelyto an activity or phenomenon. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Tooth interiors can differ as well, and variations like enamel thickness and pulp chamber size can yield critical information to the trained eye. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, every newly identified virus contains critical information, regardless of its ability to move into human populations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If doctors were more patient and ready to listen, if patients were encouraged to speak, critical information could be ascertained inexpensively and relatively quickly. Times, Sunday Times In terms of market information, technology hasn't levelled the playing field but it has put critical information in the hands of backwoods growers. Times, Sunday Times City fund managers have been upset that they are having to buy shares in flotations without being given access to critical information. Times, Sunday Times Yet commerce cannot be elevated over critical inquiry. Times,Sunday Times They abnegate the values of reason and critical inquiry that academies exist to uphold. Times,Sunday Times Being totalitarian in outlook, our enemies lack the error-correcting mechanisms of science and critical inquiry. Times, Sunday Times Students should seek business schools that encourage critical inquiry. Times, Sunday Times They are consequently an enduring target for movements that disdain critical inquiry and the life of the mind. Times, Sunday Times And that's the limit of his critical insight. Times, Sunday Times His approach was characterised by breezy enthusiasm rather than critical insight, but his talent-spotting acuity was unerring. Times, Sunday Times In the late 20th century, discoveries of new texts and changing critical insight brought this into question. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Lyrically, this song has provoked much critical insight, both positive and negative. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Founded in 1999, the site was used by musicians who were seeking greater exposure and critical insight provided by an audience of their peers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Failure to reach agreement at this critical juncture would draw the world into a new Middle East war next year. Times, Sunday Times (2009) This is a critical juncture where some German voters either stick with the established centre right or they could turn to new parties with a nationalist ideology. Times, Sunday Times (2015) We are at a critical juncture when leaders in business, in government, in society have a choice. Times, Sunday Times (2009) He would come to a critical juncture or a crisis, and he would inquire of the Lord. Christianity Today (2000) It was a critical gesture at a critical moment. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Yet for many it can remain frustratingly elusive, especially at that critical moment when boldness is required. Times, Sunday Times (2016) They would need their energy for the critical moment when the bank had been robbed and the gang started to leave. THREE IN ONE Huge parts of it are in critical need - but with the right support the sector can recover speedily and eventually get back to growth. Times,Sunday Times The double whammy of falling prices and continuing dependency underlines the critical need for fossil fuels to be more efficiently and economically produced. Times, Sunday Times The council pays for 10,000 people with critical need. Times, Sunday Times That not only meets a critical need, but also has proven a welcome distraction from the present mix of financial uncertainty and health fears. Times,Sunday Times Our faculty understood the critical need for people to not only innovate and create, but then to be able to communicate their innovations and creations well. Christianity Today I do believe being of both worlds did give me a more critical perspective. Christianity Today He worked in a series of architects' offices, and his critical perspective on housing policy was informed by growing expertise. Times, Sunday Times A more trenchant critical perspective would have allowed for a nuanced evaluation of the rise and fall of critical fashions. The Times Literary Supplement From a source critical perspective, visionary experiences are frequently associated with riverbank settings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They are often called upon to present their critical perspective when a paranormal or pseudoscientific topic comes up. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The show's willingness to tackle serious issues has earned it critical praise and extensive academic analysis. Times, Sunday Times The role thus launched a movie career that would often be similarly defined by a lethal combination of critical praise and commercial ambiguity. Times, Sunday Times She went back to the recording studio and won critical praise and industry awards for new albums. Times, Sunday Times A selftitled solo album in 1973 earned critical praise but sales were poor and thereafter he sank into obscurity. Times, Sunday Times But the film neither received critical praise nor was it a commercial success. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The course emphasises personal development and critical reflection as a part of the career management process. Times, Sunday Times All of this happened without serious critical reflection, say some theologians, and thus an honored, noble tradition became a suspect traditionalism. Christianity Today More recent critical reflection on letters and epistolarity adds that the business of letter-writing and letter-reading raises and focuses issues of reading and writing more generally. The Times Literary Supplement On the other hand, some may naïvely celebrate 'the imaginative,' with the enthusiasm of another fad, freeing them from seemingly mundane aspects of critical reflection or substantive theology. Christianity Today Critical reflection and autonomy of thought are stifled in this ideological movement which claims to be revolutionary in its ideas. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Actors and directors claimed they needed a 'safe space' to make their shows ready for critical review. Times, Sunday Times Critical review of the site content revealed that many of the private care listings, medicinal recommendations, and medical trial referrals were paid advertisements. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This includes a critical review of social mores and values that have been learned. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Afterward, they write daily letters to the author or characters, and write a critical review. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His last major work was a critical review and synthesis of the empirical work that anthropologists and archaeologists had done on cultural complexity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Airlines, ferries, cafés in public parks, hospital food and army catering all came under critical scrutiny. Times, Sunday Times Doctrines that nobody in the scientific community dares to challenge may come under critical scrutiny from outsiders who do not have the professional mindset. Christianity Today His transatlantic double whammy has earned his work renewed critical scrutiny after years of controversy over installations that have been dismissed as 'bizarre' and 'conceptualist rubbish'. Times, Sunday Times Conversely, there should be more critical scrutiny of batsmen who make a big score at a 'losing' scoring rate. Times, Sunday Times None of the theories initially put forward withstood critical scrutiny. The Times Literary Supplement At what should have been his defining moment he was simply not able to exercise command in a critical situation. Times, Sunday Times It's a matter of weeks before the country reaches a critical situation. The Sun In a critical situation, soldiers might be deployed after intensive training. Times, Sunday Times The added pressure of avian flu has, it said, 'highlighted and enlarged an already critical situation faced by the fishing industry'. Times, Sunday Times Identifying areas of weakness this way should mean they can then be offered development and coaching before they face a critical situation. Times, Sunday Times This critical skill has become even more important in the current global business environment where cross-functional teams have become the norm. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The school believes that most critical skills, such as typing, electronic publishing and data analysis are all best taught in the field. Times, Sunday Times Critical skills involve sales and service. Times, Sunday Times More than 40% of executives in the survey indicated that they have a high or very high concern about losing critical skills to competitors during this time of crisis. ST Staff need to be flexible, knowledgeable and able to operate without supervision - all critical skills for the future. Times, Sunday Times Politicians and policymakers have failed to recognise that the impact of humans on nature has reached a critical stage, the report said. Times, Sunday Times He made a miraculous recovery from the acutely critical stage in about 36 hours, but it took a year and a half to fully recover. Times, Sunday Times But, crucially, many have a spirit and determination to succeed that could see them address problems head on, well before they reach a critical stage. Times, Sunday Times Negotiations on both points have reached a critical stage. Times, Sunday Times To do so again at an even more critical stage would be a titanic mistake. Times, Sunday Times If they want to take a more critical stance, they will be able to do that, too. Times, Sunday Times Reliant on gossip and glamour, but serious in purpose, the book would have benefited from a consistently critical stance and sense of the ridiculous. Times, Sunday Times This suggests that the two parties will find it hard to gain much public support for their critical stance. Times, Sunday Times Like any critical stance, however, it has its limitations. The Times Literary Supplement Recent studies, however, have contradicted this critical stance, highlighting the vitality and inherent appeal of this underappreciated genre. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Grasping these ` ways of thinking "has been for me a critical step in unlocking the mysteries of their very different lives. RIDDLE ME THIS (1993) Parietal cell atrophy in a setting of chronic inflammation induces spasmolytic polypeptide expressing metaplasia, a critical step in gastric carcinogenesis. 2018, 'Interleukin-17A Promotes Parietal Cell Atrophy by Inducing ApoptosisSummary', Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology Isothermal forging was a critical step process to fabricate the high-performance nickel-based superalloy. 2015, 'Characterization of hot compression behavior of a new HIPed nickel-based P/M superalloy using processing maps', Materials & Design Only two albums in and rap's gobby conscience has taken hip-hop to dizzying heights of commercial and critical success. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Her fashion line has been a critical success, praised even by the haughtiest style types since launching in 2008. Times, Sunday Times (2018) It is innovative and a rare critical success for the channel. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The result was a critical success but a commercial flop. The Sun (2011) Favouring historicity over critical theory, it does that most noble task of telling stories that need to be told. The Times Literary Supplement (2016) This set of ideas was often called 'postmodernism' (or 'critical theory' or just 'theory'). The Times Literary Supplement (2010) It is my contention that a new frame of reference is required, which embodies a critical concept of rationality or a critical theory of rationality. The Politics of Redress - crime, punishment and penal abolition (1989) Secondly, critical theory set out to establish a permanent place for critique in political life. Politics, Planning and the State (1990) As a reader one longs to forget the gossip about her identity and just appreciate her as a critical thinker. Times, Sunday Times A typical personality test question asks the candidate to choose which of two attributes best describes them - team-oriented or critical thinker, for instance. Times, Sunday Times A book urging the reader to become a critical thinker. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In a lecture, she argues that only thus will we produce the critical thinkers that the nation needs. Times, Sunday Times Universities are here to pursue truth, engage in reasoned argument, support freedom of inquiry and nurture the development of critical thinkers. Times, Sunday Times Moreover, critical thinking is central to the pedagogy of a liberal education. Times, Sunday Times (2011) The highest acquired score of critical thinking was for truth-seeking (20.4%) and the lowest score acquired for analyticity (4.8%). 2012, 'Critical Thinking Disposition among Medical Students of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences', Educational Research in Medical Sciences The result of the research shows that the students of tenth, eleventh and twelfth grade have adequate critical thinking skills. 2017, 'Critical thinking skills profile of high school students in learning chemistry', International Journal of Science and Applied Science: Conference Series Critical writing about the subject was also rare. Times, Sunday Times The best critical writing about culture, both popular and high, tends to come from personal obsessions. The Times Literary Supplement I used to do an enormous amount of critical writing. Globe and Mail Each 'short polemic monograph' asks why literature matters, and offers critical writing that can 'take its place between literature and the world'. The Times Literary Supplement Today such views are more marginal, and the music has built up a tradition and a body of accompanying critical writing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He's equally critical of the fetishisation of workingclass people. Times, Sunday Times Average transit riders were equally critical of the executive. canada.com Some references were less overtly political, but equally critical. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These engines were both also equally critical, but more critical than inward rotating propellers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Succeeding next-generation scholars in the same tradition were equally critical. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Develop your own internal voice rather than the harshly critical one you have internalised from him. Times, Sunday Times He could be harshly critical of new introductions he considered to not be improvements on roses already on the market. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She was harshly critical towards them, and frequently wracked with anxiety over their ability to follow her instructions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The episode received a wide range of reviews, from highly enthusiastic to harshly critical. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Other reviewers were harshly critical. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In fact many of them are highly critical of the country. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Four in ten planned removals of foreign criminals and immigration offenders were cancelled last year, a highly critical watchdog report claimed. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The highly critical report said'This school requires special measures because it is failing to give its pupils an acceptable standard of education. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The need for action is underlined by the publication yesterday of a highly critical capability review, an external assessment into how the department is run. Times, Sunday Times (2007) But it was highly critical of the police's wider powers to keep genetic fingerprints from people who have never been convicted of a crime. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The public and the aviation industry have become increasingly critical of government policy and its implementation at airports. Times, Sunday Times As the 1980s dawned police officers were facing an increasingly critical public and a vociferous civil liberties lobby. Times, Sunday Times Saints have regularly disappointed their increasingly critical fans this season. The Sun But it also comes from his fans, some of whom are increasingly critical on internet forums devoted to the pace of his writing. Times, Sunday Times But he fell out of favour because of his increasingly critical views on governmental economic policy, which showed that despite his privileged background, he cared about the underprivileged. Times, Sunday Times Both sides have become openly critical of each other. Times, Sunday Times Others were openly critical of the decision. Times, Sunday Times She was openly critical of their performance. Christianity Today Small wonder the big advertisers have become openly critical of the way the new digital platforms measure the effectiveness of advertising. Times, Sunday Times He was openly critical of his players and said that he wished he could have made more substitutions. Times, Sunday Times He was particularly critical of any theorising based on the assumption of perfect knowledge. Times, Sunday Times Usually, when the voices are particularly critical, we give ourselves a hard time. Times, Sunday Times He was particularly critical of the summary hearing system for military or criminal offences. Times, Sunday Times It's particularly critical for the sandwich generation-those adults stuck in the middle of two generations. Christianity Today The new universities, the establishment of which was the reason for producing a guide, were particularly critical. Times, Sunday Times It's got a lot in common with grunge, in that the bands and the fans are sharply critical of selling out. Times, Sunday Times Watching them, with eagle eye, are the city's conservation bodies, which are sharply critical of some aspects of the plans. Times, Sunday Times Many of the contributions at the annual meeting were sharply critical of the previous management and some suggested they had seen no evidence of change. Times, Sunday Times But some experts were sharply critical. Houston Chronicle This elicited sharply critical statements from the international press, who saw such proposed restrictions as violations of civil liberties. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 危急的 Japanese: 重大な |
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