criticize

verb

1. 批评；批判；挑剔；指责
   to say that you disapprove of sb/sth; to say what you do not like or think is wrong about sb/sth
   1. The decision was criticized by environmental groups.
      这个决定受到了环保团体的批评。
   2. The government has been criticized for not taking the problem seriously.
      政府因没有认真对待这个问题而受到指责。
   3. All you ever do is criticize!
      你就知道批评！
2. 评论；评价
   to judge the good and bad qualities of sth
   1. We were taught how to criticize poems.
      我们学习了怎样评论诗歌。

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 criticise


1. VERB 批评;指责;批判
   If you criticize someone or something, you express your disapproval of them by saying what you think is wrong with them.
   1. His mother had rarely criticized him or any of her children...
      他母亲很少指责他或她的任何孩子。
   2. The minister criticised the police for failing to come up with any leads...
      部长批评警方没能找到任何线索。
   3. The regime has been harshly criticized for serious human rights violations.
      该政府因为严重侵犯人权而受到强烈指责。

1. You eat her food, enjoy her hospitality and then criticize her behind her back.
   你吃着她的食物，享受着她的款待，然后还在背地里指责她。
2. His mother had rarely criticized him or any of her children
   他母亲很少指责他或她的任何孩子。
3. The regime has been harshly criticized for serious human rights violations.
   该政府因为严重侵犯人权而受到强烈指责。
4. It takes a pretty bad level of performance before the teachers will criticize the students.
   学生只有表现极差时，老师才会批评他们。
5. They would criticize me, or worse yet, pay me no attention
   他们会指责我，或者更糟糕的是，干脆对我毫不理睬。
6. Why criticize other people when you once knew no better yourself?
   你也不过是事后诸葛亮，干吗批评人家？
7. We should check our complacency and constantly criticize our shortcomings.
   我们应该抑制自满，时时批评自己的缺点。
8. You'll be bringing a storm about your ears if you try to criticize their way of doing things.
   你要是批评他们的做法，那你就捅了马蜂窝了。
9. Criticize yourself when you've made a mistake. don't be afraid of losing face.
   有了错误要作自我批评，不要怕丢面子。
10. He is a man who does not criticize or reflect.
    他是个既不评论也不思考的人。
11. They started to criticize the way in which I had arranged everything, but I put them in their place soon.
    他们对我安排所有事情的方式提出批评，但我很快就让他们安分守己了。
12. It was all right to criticize him, but you overdid it.
    批评他是可以的，不过你说得过头儿了。
13. There is no need to criticize or brag.
    因为没有批判和吹牛的必要。
14. People will criticize you for rescuing the arsonist.
    人们会批评你救了纵火犯。
15. Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain-and most fools do.
    任和傻瓜能批评，谴责和抱怨-并且多数傻瓜会。
16. You have done your best; I have nothing to criticize.
    你已尽了力，我无可挑剔。
17. Will you criticize me as I sit and cry?
    当我坐在地上哭泣时，你会指责我吗？
18. He's always prompt to criticize other people's ideas.
    他对别人想出的主意总是迫不及待地进行评价。
19. Please don't get angry if I criticize you.
    如果我批评你请你不要生气。
20. The police chief criticize the council's stand on law and order.
    警察批评了委员会对法律和秩序的立场。
21. Why criticize and disclose pseudoscience is necessary?
    为什么必须批评和揭露伪科学？
22. In life, sometimes parents will criticize us, this is actually for our love.
    在生活中，有时候家长会批评我们，这其实是对我们的爱。
23. They criticize our Party's policies as being "Left" in the countryside and Right in the cities.
    他们批评我们党的政策是农村左了，城市右了。
24. Supporters of charter schools, however, found much to criticize in the study.
    然而支持特许学校的人研究发现研究中有许多批评。
25. I don't know how you have the face to criticize other people.
    我真不懂你怎会厚着脸皮去批评别人。
26. Do I have right to criticize him?
    我有什么资格和权利去批评他呢？
27. To seek, find, and complain about faults; criticize.
    寻找、发现和抱怨错处；批评。
28. I want to compliment more and criticize less.
    我想更多的赞扬和批评少。
29. Will it undermine our Party's prestige if we criticize our own subjectivism, bureaucracy and sectarianism?
    我们自己来批评自己的主观主义、官僚主义和宗派主义，这会不会使我们的党丧失威信呢？
30. You were quite right to criticize him.
    你批评他批评得很对。

verb

1. find fault with
   1. The paper criticized the new movie
   2. Don't knock the food--it's free

   Synonym:    knockcriticisepick apart

2. act as a critic
   1. Those who criticize others often are not perfect, either

   Synonym:    criticise