Definition of critic in English:

critic

noun ˈkrɪtɪkˈkrɪdɪk

1A person who expresses an unfavourable opinion of something.
批评者
critics of the new legislation say it is too broad
新法律的批评者说它太含混了。
Example sentencesExamples
- It was this generation who became the strongest critics of the communist system.
- These critics have no idea about the stress the exams cause to the students, teachers and parents.
- The poll tax had its critics but it was a lot fairer than the current system.
- I know the play-off system has its critics but it definitely keeps the season alive.
- It takes real guts to stop being just a critic of the system and come up with solutions, both practical and theoretical.
- Some critics of this letter may argue that at 19, I really have no right to speak out.
- The Sunday Herald has also had its critics, most employed by rival publications.
- Threatening to sue in order to silence a critic has simply spread the criticism much, much farther.
- We won't believe things are as bad as critics say until we turn on our tap and no water flows out.
- Sadly it has been used by too many people as a weapon to attack their critics with.
- The chancellor also had something up his sleeve for his critics in the City.
- I was for many years a supporter of the planning system, then a doubter, now a critic.
- In his last decade, Irving had to endure the sceptical opinions of a new and young breed of critics.
- There are many critics of this system.
- At the time, critics attacked the show for pandering to the middle class fear of a right wing police state.
- For every fan there has been a critic and no player has polarised public opinion more.
- He's also a strident critic of the auction system, and dubious about recent reforms.
- He already had his critics but the scepticism now permeates the public as it has not done before.
- You say that critics are sceptical, but I wonder whether this is money well spent.
- It was more closely modelled on the imperial system than either critic or supporter ever concedes.
Synonyms
detractor, censurer, attacker, fault-finder, carper, backbiter, caviller, reviler, vilifier, traducer, disparager, denigrator, deprecator, belittler
informal knocker, nitpicker
rare asperser
2A person who judges the merits of literary or artistic works, especially one who does so professionally.
（文艺作品的）评论家，批评家（尤指职业评论家）
a theatre critic
Example sentencesExamples
- She worked first as a news reporter, then feature writer, film critic and agony aunt.
- A brief stint as an art editor and critic saw Peeradina reviewing books, plays and movies.
- They commented how a lot of viewers and even critics misunderstood the film and its code.
- Acclaimed as a comic masterpiece by critics, it stars Malcolm Adams and Hugh Lee.
- His films have divided critics and commentators like those of no other American director.
- I suggest to him that universal popularity is rarely appreciated by film critics.
- The prizes are voted for by North American film critics and awarded in January.
- It is extremely important for feminist film critics to begin to address these questions.
- What do you think should be the role of film critics in today's film culture?
- In the last few days, film critics have been allowed to see and review the movie.
- The critics who attacked the work were not of course implying that Dali could not paint.
- She got poor reviews from the critics, who appear to have turned completely against her.
- Knowing that you've got a really big audience in but they're all critics would be a bit of a mixed blessing.
- In this respect, he has been sadly misunderstood and his work misrepresented by his critics.
- Why do critics think that a legitimate purpose of criticism is to attack art?
- In fact, his appetite led him to depths of observation that eluded many other artists and critics.
- His career as a film critic provides particularly revealing clues about his desire to collect.
- You will go to a screening with other critics then write a review to appear in the paper with a photograph of you.
- This is also true of newspaper critics who cover the arts, films, music, and books.
- In the end, the mistake critics always make when dismissing a musical genre is to damn it for what it's not.
Synonyms
commentator, observer, monitor, pundit, expert, authority, arbiter, interpreter, exponent, expounder
writer, author, speaker
reviewer, appraiser, evaluator, analyst, judge
rare scholiast, exegete

Origin

Late 16th century: from Latin criticus, from Greek kritikos, from kritēs 'a judge', from krinein 'judge, decide'.

Rhymes

analytic, anchoritic, anthracitic, arthritic, bauxitic, calcitic, catalytic, cryptanalytic, Cushitic, dendritic, diacritic, dioritic, dolomitic, enclitic, eremitic, hermitic, lignitic, mephitic, paralytic, parasitic, psychoanalytic, pyritic, Sanskritic, saprophytic, Semitic, sybaritic, syenitic, syphilitic, troglodytic

Definition of critic in US English:

critic

nounˈkridikˈkrɪdɪk

1A person who expresses an unfavorable opinion of something.
批评者
critics say many schools are not prepared to handle the influx of foreign students
Example sentencesExamples
- I know the play-off system has its critics but it definitely keeps the season alive.
- The poll tax had its critics but it was a lot fairer than the current system.
- Threatening to sue in order to silence a critic has simply spread the criticism much, much farther.
- He's also a strident critic of the auction system, and dubious about recent reforms.
- It was this generation who became the strongest critics of the communist system.
- You say that critics are sceptical, but I wonder whether this is money well spent.
- It takes real guts to stop being just a critic of the system and come up with solutions, both practical and theoretical.
- The chancellor also had something up his sleeve for his critics in the City.
- The Sunday Herald has also had its critics, most employed by rival publications.
- Some critics of this letter may argue that at 19, I really have no right to speak out.
- It was more closely modelled on the imperial system than either critic or supporter ever concedes.
- He already had his critics but the scepticism now permeates the public as it has not done before.
- At the time, critics attacked the show for pandering to the middle class fear of a right wing police state.
- Sadly it has been used by too many people as a weapon to attack their critics with.
- I was for many years a supporter of the planning system, then a doubter, now a critic.
- In his last decade, Irving had to endure the sceptical opinions of a new and young breed of critics.
- For every fan there has been a critic and no player has polarised public opinion more.
- These critics have no idea about the stress the exams cause to the students, teachers and parents.
- We won't believe things are as bad as critics say until we turn on our tap and no water flows out.
- There are many critics of this system.
Synonyms
detractor, censurer, attacker, fault-finder, carper, backbiter, caviller, reviler, vilifier, traducer, disparager, denigrator, deprecator, belittler
2A person who judges the merits of literary, artistic, or musical works, especially one who does so professionally.
（文艺作品的）评论家，批评家（尤指职业评论家）
a film critic
影评家。
Example sentencesExamples
- They commented how a lot of viewers and even critics misunderstood the film and its code.
- His career as a film critic provides particularly revealing clues about his desire to collect.
- Acclaimed as a comic masterpiece by critics, it stars Malcolm Adams and Hugh Lee.
- Knowing that you've got a really big audience in but they're all critics would be a bit of a mixed blessing.
- In fact, his appetite led him to depths of observation that eluded many other artists and critics.
- A brief stint as an art editor and critic saw Peeradina reviewing books, plays and movies.
- The prizes are voted for by North American film critics and awarded in January.
- She got poor reviews from the critics, who appear to have turned completely against her.
- The critics who attacked the work were not of course implying that Dali could not paint.
- You will go to a screening with other critics then write a review to appear in the paper with a photograph of you.
- This is also true of newspaper critics who cover the arts, films, music, and books.
- I suggest to him that universal popularity is rarely appreciated by film critics.
- In the last few days, film critics have been allowed to see and review the movie.
- What do you think should be the role of film critics in today's film culture?
- Why do critics think that a legitimate purpose of criticism is to attack art?
- His films have divided critics and commentators like those of no other American director.
- She worked first as a news reporter, then feature writer, film critic and agony aunt.
- It is extremely important for feminist film critics to begin to address these questions.
- In this respect, he has been sadly misunderstood and his work misrepresented by his critics.
- In the end, the mistake critics always make when dismissing a musical genre is to damn it for what it's not.
Synonyms
commentator, observer, monitor, pundit, expert, authority, arbiter, interpreter, exponent, expounder

Origin

Late 16th century: from Latin criticus, from Greek kritikos, from kritēs ‘a judge’, from krinein ‘judge, decide’.

词汇	critic
释义	Definition of critic in English: critic noun ˈkrɪtɪkˈkrɪdɪk 1A person who expresses an unfavourable opinion of something. 批评者 critics of the new legislation say it is too broad 新法律的批评者说它太含混了。 Example sentencesExamples It was this generation who became the strongest critics of the communist system. These critics have no idea about the stress the exams cause to the students, teachers and parents. The poll tax had its critics but it was a lot fairer than the current system. I know the play-off system has its critics but it definitely keeps the season alive. It takes real guts to stop being just a critic of the system and come up with solutions, both practical and theoretical. Some critics of this letter may argue that at 19, I really have no right to speak out. The Sunday Herald has also had its critics, most employed by rival publications. Threatening to sue in order to silence a critic has simply spread the criticism much, much farther. We won't believe things are as bad as critics say until we turn on our tap and no water flows out. Sadly it has been used by too many people as a weapon to attack their critics with. The chancellor also had something up his sleeve for his critics in the City. I was for many years a supporter of the planning system, then a doubter, now a critic. In his last decade, Irving had to endure the sceptical opinions of a new and young breed of critics. There are many critics of this system. At the time, critics attacked the show for pandering to the middle class fear of a right wing police state. For every fan there has been a critic and no player has polarised public opinion more. He's also a strident critic of the auction system, and dubious about recent reforms. He already had his critics but the scepticism now permeates the public as it has not done before. You say that critics are sceptical, but I wonder whether this is money well spent. It was more closely modelled on the imperial system than either critic or supporter ever concedes. Synonyms detractor, censurer, attacker, fault-finder, carper, backbiter, caviller, reviler, vilifier, traducer, disparager, denigrator, deprecator, belittler informal knocker, nitpicker rare asperser 2A person who judges the merits of literary or artistic works, especially one who does so professionally. （文艺作品的）评论家，批评家（尤指职业评论家） a theatre critic Example sentencesExamples She worked first as a news reporter, then feature writer, film critic and agony aunt. A brief stint as an art editor and critic saw Peeradina reviewing books, plays and movies. They commented how a lot of viewers and even critics misunderstood the film and its code. Acclaimed as a comic masterpiece by critics, it stars Malcolm Adams and Hugh Lee. His films have divided critics and commentators like those of no other American director. I suggest to him that universal popularity is rarely appreciated by film critics. The prizes are voted for by North American film critics and awarded in January. It is extremely important for feminist film critics to begin to address these questions. What do you think should be the role of film critics in today's film culture? In the last few days, film critics have been allowed to see and review the movie. The critics who attacked the work were not of course implying that Dali could not paint. She got poor reviews from the critics, who appear to have turned completely against her. Knowing that you've got a really big audience in but they're all critics would be a bit of a mixed blessing. In this respect, he has been sadly misunderstood and his work misrepresented by his critics. Why do critics think that a legitimate purpose of criticism is to attack art? In fact, his appetite led him to depths of observation that eluded many other artists and critics. His career as a film critic provides particularly revealing clues about his desire to collect. You will go to a screening with other critics then write a review to appear in the paper with a photograph of you. This is also true of newspaper critics who cover the arts, films, music, and books. In the end, the mistake critics always make when dismissing a musical genre is to damn it for what it's not. Synonyms commentator, observer, monitor, pundit, expert, authority, arbiter, interpreter, exponent, expounder writer, author, speaker reviewer, appraiser, evaluator, analyst, judge rare scholiast, exegete Origin Late 16th century: from Latin criticus, from Greek kritikos, from kritēs 'a judge', from krinein 'judge, decide'. Rhymes analytic, anchoritic, anthracitic, arthritic, bauxitic, calcitic, catalytic, cryptanalytic, Cushitic, dendritic, diacritic, dioritic, dolomitic, enclitic, eremitic, hermitic, lignitic, mephitic, paralytic, parasitic, psychoanalytic, pyritic, Sanskritic, saprophytic, Semitic, sybaritic, syenitic, syphilitic, troglodytic Definition of critic in US English: critic nounˈkridikˈkrɪdɪk 1A person who expresses an unfavorable opinion of something. 批评者 critics say many schools are not prepared to handle the influx of foreign students Example sentencesExamples I know the play-off system has its critics but it definitely keeps the season alive. The poll tax had its critics but it was a lot fairer than the current system. Threatening to sue in order to silence a critic has simply spread the criticism much, much farther. He's also a strident critic of the auction system, and dubious about recent reforms. It was this generation who became the strongest critics of the communist system. You say that critics are sceptical, but I wonder whether this is money well spent. It takes real guts to stop being just a critic of the system and come up with solutions, both practical and theoretical. The chancellor also had something up his sleeve for his critics in the City. The Sunday Herald has also had its critics, most employed by rival publications. Some critics of this letter may argue that at 19, I really have no right to speak out. It was more closely modelled on the imperial system than either critic or supporter ever concedes. He already had his critics but the scepticism now permeates the public as it has not done before. At the time, critics attacked the show for pandering to the middle class fear of a right wing police state. Sadly it has been used by too many people as a weapon to attack their critics with. I was for many years a supporter of the planning system, then a doubter, now a critic. In his last decade, Irving had to endure the sceptical opinions of a new and young breed of critics. For every fan there has been a critic and no player has polarised public opinion more. These critics have no idea about the stress the exams cause to the students, teachers and parents. We won't believe things are as bad as critics say until we turn on our tap and no water flows out. There are many critics of this system. Synonyms detractor, censurer, attacker, fault-finder, carper, backbiter, caviller, reviler, vilifier, traducer, disparager, denigrator, deprecator, belittler 2A person who judges the merits of literary, artistic, or musical works, especially one who does so professionally. （文艺作品的）评论家，批评家（尤指职业评论家） a film critic 影评家。 Example sentencesExamples They commented how a lot of viewers and even critics misunderstood the film and its code. His career as a film critic provides particularly revealing clues about his desire to collect. Acclaimed as a comic masterpiece by critics, it stars Malcolm Adams and Hugh Lee. Knowing that you've got a really big audience in but they're all critics would be a bit of a mixed blessing. In fact, his appetite led him to depths of observation that eluded many other artists and critics. A brief stint as an art editor and critic saw Peeradina reviewing books, plays and movies. The prizes are voted for by North American film critics and awarded in January. She got poor reviews from the critics, who appear to have turned completely against her. The critics who attacked the work were not of course implying that Dali could not paint. You will go to a screening with other critics then write a review to appear in the paper with a photograph of you. This is also true of newspaper critics who cover the arts, films, music, and books. I suggest to him that universal popularity is rarely appreciated by film critics. In the last few days, film critics have been allowed to see and review the movie. What do you think should be the role of film critics in today's film culture? Why do critics think that a legitimate purpose of criticism is to attack art? His films have divided critics and commentators like those of no other American director. She worked first as a news reporter, then feature writer, film critic and agony aunt. It is extremely important for feminist film critics to begin to address these questions. In this respect, he has been sadly misunderstood and his work misrepresented by his critics. In the end, the mistake critics always make when dismissing a musical genre is to damn it for what it's not. Synonyms commentator, observer, monitor, pundit, expert, authority, arbiter, interpreter, exponent, expounder Origin Late 16th century: from Latin criticus, from Greek kritikos, from kritēs ‘a judge’, from krinein ‘judge, decide’.
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