Critics of the scheme have said that it will not solve the problem of teenage crime.
此项计划的批评者说它解决不了青少年犯罪问题。
fierce/outspoken critic
an outspoken critic of the government
一名对政府直言不讳的批评者
3.armchair criticCRITICIZEsomeone who criticizes other people but who does not have any properexperience of the activity the other people are doing 空头批评家,闭门造车的批评家
Examples from the Corpus
armchair critic• And it has a billion armchair critics, so clothes do count.• I did not intend to foster more armchair critics of the public schools either.
nCOLLOCATIONS
types of critic
a film/art/music etc critic
He became the chief music critic for the Herald Tribune.
a literary critic (=of books and other literature)
a theatre criticBritish EnglishBrE, a theater criticAmerican EnglishAmE (=of plays)
a restaurant critic (=of the food, service etc in restaurants)
Being a restaurant critic sounds like a glamorous lifestyle.
a social critic (=of human society and its organizations)
Social critics have argued that television viewing decreases people's other social activities.
verbs
a critic attacks something
Many critics attacked Seurat’s paintings for their lack of colour.
a critic praises something
The play was highly praised by critics and the public.
a critic hails something/somebody as something (=describes someone or something as very good)
Critics hailed the film as a brilliant portrayal of American society at that time.
a critic pans something (also a critic slates somethingBritish EnglishBrE) (=criticizes something strongly)
music/art/film/theatre/literary critic• After the University of Montpellier he worked first as a film critic, then as a reporter in Paris.• Marriage to a middle-agedart critic who has turned dealer.• An art critic also needs a gift for persuasion, perhaps rather more than a head for exposition and argument.• The film has gotten good reviews, but it has scared the wits out of some malefilm critics.• Later he became the New Yorker's music critic and went on to be music editor of the Listener.• But the Literary Critic may have its finest effects outside the educational and professional establishments.• The art critic is thus bound to consider with care what standards of comparison should be used.
critic of• Senator Wilson is an outspoken critic of the plan to close the old airport.
Origincritic
(1500-1600)Latincriticus, from Greekkritikos, from krinein; → CRITERION