Public transport has been severely criticized in the report.
sharply/harshly/fiercely criticize somebody/something (=in an angry way)
His attorney sharply criticized the police yesterday.
be widely criticized
The proposal was widely criticized.
publicly criticize somebody/something
The head coach publicly criticized the referee’s decision.
roundly criticize somebody/something (=strongly and severely)
Their research has been roundly criticized.
openly criticize somebody/something (=in a public and direct way)
They openly criticized the government’s handling of the crisis.
repeatedly/frequently/constantly criticize
The fashion industry is frequently criticized for presenting extremely thin models as beautiful.
phrases
be quick to criticize somebody/something
Some groups were quick to criticize the president.
criticize somebody/something on the grounds that (=for the reason that)
The survey was criticized on the grounds that the sample was too small.
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criticize to say what you think is bad about someone or something 批评
He was criticized for not being tough enough with the terrorists.
他被批评对付恐怖分子不够强硬。
Stop criticizing my friends!
别再批评我的朋友!
nIt’s easy to criticize, but not so easy to offer helpful solutions.
be critical of somebody/something to criticize someone or something, especially by giving detailedreasons for this 〔尤针对具体事由〕批评某人/某事
The report was highly critical of the police investigation.
该报道对警方的调查予以严厉的批评。
The press have been critical of his leadership style.
媒体一直批评他的领导作风。
attack to criticize someone or something very strongly, especially publicly in the newspapers, on TV etc 〔尤指在报纸、电视等上公开地进行〕严厉批评,抨击
They attacked the government’s decision to undertake nuclear weapons tests.
他们严厉批评政府从事核武器试验的决定。
lay into somebody/tear into somebody to criticize someone very strongly for something they have done, especially by shouting at them 大骂某人
He started laying into one of his staff for being late.
他开始大骂一名员工上班迟到。
tear somebody/something to shreds to find a lot of things wrong with someone’s arguments or ideas and make them seem very weak 把某人/某论点等驳得体无完肤
The prosecution will tear him to shreds.
控方律师将会把他驳得体无完肤。
pan to strongly criticize a film, play etc in the newspapers, on TV etc 〔在报纸、电视等上〕严厉地批评〔电影、戏剧等〕
Her first movie was panned by the critics.
她的第一部影片遭到影评人士严厉批评。
be pilloried especially written to be strongly criticized by a lot of people in the newspapers, on TV etc 〔在报纸、电视等上〕受到许多人抨击
He was pilloried in the right-wing press.
他遭到右翼媒体的口诛笔伐。
condemn to say very strongly in public that you do not approve of something or someone, especially because you think they are morally wrong 公开谴责
Politicians were quick to condemn the bombing.
政治家们迅速出来谴责这起爆炸事件。
to criticize unfairly 不公正地批评
find fault with somebody/something to criticize things that you think are wrong with something, especially small and unimportant things 〔尤指在鸡毛蒜皮的事上〕批评某人/某事,挑某人/某事的毛病
He’s quick to find fault with other people’s work.
他动不动就挑别人工作上的毛病。
pick holes in something informal to criticize something by finding many small faults in it, in a way that seems unreasonable and unfair 〔似乎无理和不公正地〕挑某事的刺
Why are you always picking holes in my work?
你为什么老是对我的工作挑刺?
knock to criticize someone or something, in an unfair and unreasonable way 〔不公平、不合理地〕批评
I know it’s fashionable to knock Tony Blair, but I think he did a good job.
我知道现在流行批评托尼•布莱尔,可是我觉得他干得很好。
slag offBritish EnglishBrE informal to criticize someone in an unfair and unpleasant way 〔不公平、不合理地〕批评