criticizing
present participle ofcriticize
| 单词 | criticizing |
| 释义 | criticizing present participle ofcriticize criticize verb (UKusuallycriticise)uk/ˈkrɪt.ɪ.saɪz/us/ˈkrɪt̬.ɪ.saɪz/B2[I,Toften passive] toexpressdisapprovalof someone or something: Thegovernmentis beingwidelycriticized in themediaforfailingtolimitairpollution. We'll getnowhereif all you can do is criticize. Synonyms attack(CRITICIZE) castigateformal censureformal chastise(CRITICIZE)formal condemn damn(BLAME) decryformal denounce(CRITICIZE) excoriateformal railformal revileformal slaminformal to show disapproval of someone or something
[T] to give anopinionorjudgmentabout abook,film, etc.: We're agroupofartistswhomeettodiscussideasand criticize each other'swork.
Disapproving & criticizing
Examplesofcriticizingcriticizing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Similar contrasts figure in the other chapters, but, happily, their focus is more on demonstrating ethnomethodological inquiry than oncriticizingother approaches. From theCambridge English Corpus By repeating our message frequently andcriticizingpolicies and procedures, we established a record. From theCambridge English Corpus To date, political theorists have focused more oncriticizingold approaches than on developing new and better ones. From theCambridge English Corpus Sometimes social workers undermine informal helpers bycriticizingthem or trying to assume their roles. From theCambridge English Corpus Economists of all persuasions are fond ofcriticizinggovernment policies. From theCambridge English Corpus When the initial presentation of a very broad approach is at issue, one can hardly go wrong incriticizingit for vagueness. From theCambridge English Corpus None of this, however, prevents him fromcriticizingthe "people," his fellow citizens, for their failure to rise against the empire. From theCambridge English Corpus At least, he wasn'tcriticizingus even though he had a lot of provocation. From theCambridge English Corpus Man-machine metaphors permeated public discourse so deeply that it proved impossible to step outside this metaphorical language even for the sake ofcriticizingit. From theCambridge English Corpus It does not account for the appeal ofcriticizinghedonism on the grounds that it is psychologically superficial. From theCambridge English Corpus The history of science is usually perceived in terms of innovation, change,criticizingand breaking with older ideas. From theCambridge English Corpus The perspective of rational egoism proves highly useful forcriticizingoppressive commitments. From theCambridge English Corpus By the same token, one could rhetorically ask what is the point ofcriticizinga university's symphony orchestra. From theCambridge English Corpus By stressing internationalism andcriticizingthe bourgeois national ideologies they kept the critique of nationalism and nation-states alive in the epoch of triumphant nationalism. From theCambridge English Corpus The experimenter responded by mildlycriticizingthe child's work and asking the child to draw another circle. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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