English Dictionary

critical

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkɹɪ.tɪ.kəl/

形容詞

Inclined to find fault or criticize. / Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis or turning point. / Extremely important. / Relating to criticism or careful analysis, such as literary or film criticism.

日本語の意味

人の欠点を見つけ、批判する傾向がある / 危機や転換点に関係する、またはそれを示唆する / 非常に重要で、決定的である / 文学や映画などの批評や綿密な分析に関する

Her critical remarks during the meeting made everyone defensive.

会議中の彼女の批判的な発言で、皆が身構えた。

意味（1）

Inclined to find fault or criticize.

A good teacher is fair but critical.

意味（2）

Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis or turning point.

This is a critical moment.

意味（3）

Extremely important.

It's critical that you deliver this on time.

意味（4）

Relating to criticism or careful analysis, such as literary or film criticism.

The movie was a critical success, but bombed at the box-office.

意味（5）

(medicine) Of a patient condition involving unstable vital signs and a prognosis that predicts the condition could worsen; or, a patient condition that requires urgent treatment in an intensive care or critical care medical facility.

The patient's condition is critical.

意味（6）

Likely to go out of control if disturbed, that is, opposite of stable.

The political situation was so critical that the government declared the state of siege.

意味（7）

(physics) Of the point (in temperature, reagent concentration etc.) where a nuclear or chemical reaction becomes self-sustaining.

The reaction was about to become critical.

意味（8）

(physics) Of a temperature that is equal to the temperature of the critical point of a substance, i.e. the temperature above which the substance cannot be liquefied.

more critical （ comparative ）

most critical （ superlative ）