Dictionary Workbench Ondict

critique

Dictionary entry view. Switch to definition mode above when you know the meaning but not the word.

critique

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Literature
cri·tique1 /krɪˈtiːk/ ●○○ noun [countable, uncountable]  ALa detailed explanation of the problems of something such as a set of political ideas 评论(文章) evaluationcritique of a major new critique of his work 对他作品的一篇重要的新评论 a critique of modern economic theory 有关现代经济理论的一篇评论文章
Examples from the Corpus
critiqueThe government-chartered National Research Council on Wednesday released a critique of those plans.The speech was a devastating critique of Reagan's economic policy.Management critique A bit more autocratic than he would like to believe, stemming from a conviction that he is right.Management critique A fact and figure analyser, who approaches issues in a theoretical and intellectual way.An offshoot from the phenomenological critique developed into a group of researchers known as the ethnomethodologists.Marx's critique of capitalism in the 19th centuryWhat generalized the appeal of Paisley's critique of the unionist élites was the accession to power of Terence O'Neill.The second critique is more authentically pluralistic.critique ofThe final article is a critique of John Updike's latest novel.
critique2 verb [transitive] formal  JUDGEto say how good or bad a book, play, painting, or set of ideas is 评论〔文艺作品等〕 evaluate He offered to critique our plans. 他提出要对我们的计划作评论。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
critiqueDoctors are taped and critiqued as they talk to patients.Afterwards, the rest of the group will critique your presentation.
Origin critique1 (1600-1700) French Greek kritike critic's art, from kritikos; → CRITIC
of detailed such the Corpus problems of as explanation something a


critique
I
critique1 /krɪˈtiːk/ noun [uncountable and countable]
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: French
 Origin: Greek kritike 'critic's art', from kritikos; critic
a detailed explanation of the problems of something such as a set of political ideas ⇨ evaluation
    critique of
    a major new critique of his work
    a critique of modern economic theory

II
critique2 verb [transitive] formal
to say how good or bad a book, play, painting, or set of ideas is ⇨ evaluate:
    He offered to critique our plans.


cri·tiqueBrE /krɪˈtiːk/ 🔊NAmE /krɪˈtiːk/ 🔊 nouna piece of written criticism of a set of ideas, a work of art, etc. 评论;评论文章a feminist critique of Freud's theories从女权主义的角度对弗洛伊德理论所作的批评
cri·tiqueBrE /krɪˈtiːk/ 🔊NAmE /krɪˈtiːk/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they critique BrE /krɪˈtiːk/ 🔊 NAmE /krɪˈtiːk/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it critiques BrE /krɪˈtiːks/ 🔊 NAmE /krɪˈtiːks/ 🔊past simple critiqued BrE /krɪˈtiːkt/ 🔊 NAmE /krɪˈtiːkt/ 🔊past participle critiqued BrE /krɪˈtiːkt/ 🔊 NAmE /krɪˈtiːkt/ 🔊 -ing form critiquing BrE /krɪˈtiːkɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /krɪˈtiːkɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth to write or give your opinion of, or reaction to, a set of ideas, a work of art, etc. 写评论;对…发表评论;评判Her job involves critiquing designs by fashion students. 她的工作包括评判时装专业学生的设计。🔊🔊