criticize

kritisieren

Sagen, was man an jemandem oder etwas falsch oder schlecht findet.

In einfachem Englisch: To say what you think is wrong or bad about someone or something.

• Please do not criticize my cooking.
• They criticized him for arriving late.
• The report criticizes the company’s poor safety record.

So benutzt man es: criticize someone/something for something (She criticized the council for its slow response.); criticize someone for doing something (He criticized me for leaving early.)

Synonyme: find fault with, attack

Gegenteile: praise

Häufige Wendungen: criticize someone for, criticize the government, criticize a decision

beurteilen, bewerten

Etwas untersuchen und sowohl seine guten als auch seine schlechten Seiten beurteilen.

In einfachem Englisch: To examine something and judge both its good and bad points.

• Students learned to criticize poems carefully.
• Her essay criticizes the novel’s strengths and weaknesses.
• He criticized the painting with close attention to its use of color.

Synonyme: evaluate, assess, appraise

Häufige Wendungen: criticize a poem, criticize a work, criticize a novel