criticize

critiquer

Dire ce que l’on trouve mauvais ou incorrect chez quelqu’un ou dans quelque chose.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : criticize someone/something for something (She criticized the council for its slow response.); criticize someone for doing something (He criticized me for leaving early.)

Synonymes : find fault with, attack

Contraires : praise

Expressions courantes : criticize someone for, criticize the government, criticize a decision

évaluer, critiquer

Examiner quelque chose et juger ses qualités autant que ses défauts.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : evaluate, assess, appraise

Expressions courantes : criticize a poem, criticize a work, criticize a novel