Criticise

(v. t.) To examine and judge as a critic; to pass literary or artistic judgment upon; as, to criticise an author; to criticise a picture.

(v. t.) To express one's views as to the merit or demerit of; esp., to animadvert upon; to find fault with; as, to criticise conduct.

(v. i.) To act as a critic; to pass literary or artistic judgment; to play the critic; -- formerly used with on or upon.

(v. i.) To discuss the merits or demerits of a thing or person; esp., to find fault.

艾琳编辑

• I do not criticise the failure to capture Chapultepec at this time. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• There was but little if anything in the whole campaign, now that it is over, to criticise at all, and nothing to criticise severely. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• You want me to be your thing, never to criticise you or to have anything to say for myself. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Criticise me: does my forehead not please you? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Osborne was severe against Ralph, and told me he was no better able to criticise than to compose verses. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Villard has often been blamed and severely criticised, but he was not the only one to blame. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• I say this because I have criticised his military judgment in the removal of Johnston, and also in the appointment of Hood. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Belmont was severely criticised in the North as a wholly unnecessary battle, barren of results, or the possibility of them from the beginning. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• As dinner-giving, and as criticising other people's dinners, she took satisfaction in it. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• She must not flatter herself that he thought of her dancing, but if he were criticising her behaviour, she did not feel afraid. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• This success flattered my vanity; but my father discouraged me, by criticising my performances, and telling me verse-makers were generally beggars. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• The part Mr. Vincy preferred playing was that of the generous host whom nobody criticises. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

霍华德编辑