critical, acute, urgent

形容詞 critical:

1. marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws
2. at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction
3. characterized by careful evaluation and judgment
4. urgently needed; absolutely necessary
   同義詞：vital
5. forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis
   同義詞：decisive
6. being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency
7. of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism

1. The reforms of enterprises are now at the critical moment.
   現(xiàn)在企業(yè)的改革正處在緊要關頭。
2. We have come to the critical moment.
   現(xiàn)在到了緊要關頭。
3. I think the chastisement to him is too critical.
   我認為對他的懲罰太嚴厲了。
4. The inquiry was critical of her work.
   該項調查對她的工作提出了批評。
5. Why are you always so critical?
   你怎么總是這樣吹毛求疵？
6. In the current critical climate her work is not popular.
   在當前評論風氣影響下，她的作品不怎么受歡迎。

crit.i.cal

adj.Abbr. crit.（形容詞）縮寫 crit.
Inclined to judge severely and find fault.
愛挑剔的：傾向于進行嚴厲批判和找岔的
Characterized by careful, exact evaluation and judgment:
有判斷的：評價和判斷細致的并且確切的：
例句：
a critical reading.
有判斷力的閱讀

Of, relating to, or characteristic of critics or criticism:
批評的：包含、涉及或代表批評家們或批評的：
例句：
critical acclaim; a critical analysis of Melville`s writings.
批評的喝彩；對米爾維勒作品的批判性分析

Forming or having the nature of a turning point; crucial or decisive:
重要的，關鍵的：形成或具有轉折點性質的；關鍵性的或決定性的：
例句：
a critical point in the campaign.
活動中最重要的一點

Of or relating to a medical crisis:
危急的：屬于或關系到病情急轉的：
例句：
an illness at the critical stage.
處于危險期的疾病

Being or relating to a grave physical condition especially of a patient.
嚴重的：尤指病人處于或涉及到嚴重的身體狀況的
Indispensable; essential:
必不可少的；必需的：
例句：
a critical element of the plan; a second income that is critical to the family`s well-being.
計劃中的必要條件；對家庭的安康絕對有必要的第二收入

Being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency:
嚴重的：處于或接近危機或緊急狀況的：
例句：
a critical shortage of food.
嚴重短缺食物

Fraught with danger or risk; perilous.
充滿危險的，充滿冒險的；瀕臨毀滅的
Mathematics Of or relating to a point at which a curve has a maximum, minimum, or point of inflection.
【數(shù)學】 臨界的：屬于或關系到曲線最大、最小或回折點的一個點的
Chemistry Physics Of or relating to the value of a measurement, such as temperature, at which an abrupt change in a quality, property, or state occurs:
【化學】 【物理學】 臨界的：屬于或關系到質量、性能或現(xiàn)象發(fā)生突然變化的諸如溫度等的測量值的：
例句：
A critical temperature of water is 00=C, its boiling point at standard atmospheric pressure.
在標準大氣壓力下，水的沸點為00=C

Physics Capable of sustaining a nuclear chain reaction.
【物理學】 臨界的：能夠維持鏈式核反應的

【引伸】
crit.ically
adv.（副詞）
crit.icalness
n.（名詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>critical,captious,censorious,faultfinding,hypercriticalThe central meaning shared by these adjectives is .tending or marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws.:
這些形容詞共有的中心意思是.傾向或有發(fā)現(xiàn)和強調錯誤和缺陷的.：
例句：
a critical attitude;
愛挑剔的態(tài)度；

例句：
a captious pedant;
吹毛求疵的空談家；

例句：
censorious of petty failings;
愛挑剔小缺點的；

例句：
an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor;
一個過度苛刻和挑剔的導師；

例句：
hypercritical of colloquial speech. uncritical
對口語過于苛求的 uncritical