گزارش خطا در معنی کلمه 'criticize'

1 عمومی:: نقد ادبی‌ كردن‌

2 عمومی:: انتقاد كردن‌

3 عمومی:: نكوهش‌ كردن‌

1 general:: criticize adverbs strongly/severely/heavily criticize somebody/something • Public transport has been severely criticized in the report. sharply/harshly/fiercely criticize somebody/something (= in an angry way ) • His attorney sharply criticized the police yesterday. be widely criticized • The proposal was widely criticized. publicly criticize somebody/something • The head coach publicly criticized the referee’s decision. roundly criticize somebody/something (= strongly and severely ) • Their research has been roundly criticized. openly criticize somebody/something (= in a public and direct way ) • They openly criticized the government’s handling of the crisis. repeatedly/frequently/constantly criticize • The fashion industry is frequently criticized for presenting extremely thin models as beautiful. phrases be quick to criticize somebody/something • Some groups were quick to criticize the President. criticize somebody/something on the grounds that (= for the reason that ) • The survey was criticized on the grounds that the sample was too small.

2 general::   verb ADV. bitterly, fiercely, heavily, roundly, severely, sharply, strongly | openly, publicly She has openly criticized the government. | implicitly | justifiably, rightly Their record on human rights has been justifiably criticized. | constantly, frequently, repeatedly | reportedly PREP. for She criticized the system for being secretive. PHRASES be widely criticized (as sth) The law was widely criticized as racist. | criticize sb/sth on the grounds that The film was criticized on the grounds that it glorifies violence.

3 general:: verb scold: You should not criticize your wife.

4 general:: criticize to say what you think is bad about someone or something: • He was criticized for not being tough enough with the terrorists. • Stop criticizing my friends! • It’s easy to criticize, but not so easy to offer helpful solutions. be critical of somebody/something to criticize someone or something, especially by giving detailed reasons for this: • The report was highly critical of the police investigation. • The press have been critical of his leadership style. attack to criticize someone or something very strongly, especially publicly in the newspapers, on TV etc: • They attacked the government’s decision to undertake nuclear weapons tests. lay into somebody/tear into somebody to criticize someone very strongly for something they have done, especially by shouting at them: • He started laying into one of his staff for being late. tear somebody/something to shreds to find a lot of things wrong with someone’s arguments or ideas and make them seem very weak: • The prosecution will tear him to shreds. pan to strongly criticize a film, play etc in the newspapers, on TV etc: • Her first movie was panned by the critics. be pilloried especially written to be strongly criticized by a lot of people in the newspapers, on TV etc: • He was pilloried in the right-wing press. condemn to say very strongly in public that you do not approve of something or someone, especially because you think they are morally wrong: • Politicians were quick to condemn the bombing. to criticize unfairly find fault with somebody/something to criticize things that you think are wrong with something, especially small and unimportant things: • He’s quick to find fault with other people’s work. pick holes in something informal to criticize something by finding many small faults in it, in a way that seems unreasonable and unfair: • Why are you always picking holes in my work? knock to criticize someone or something, in an unfair and unreasonable way: • I know it’s fashionable to knock Tony Blair, but I think he did a good job. slag off British English informal to criticize someone in an unfair and unpleasant way: • He’s always slagging you off behind your back.