(1) 1)批评，指摘(act of finding faults;unfavourable judgement)[U]：hate/resent/receive/can't take～of sth憎恶/怨恨/接受/不能接受对……的批评指摘;There was much～of the new plan.对那个新计划微词颇多。fierce public～of sth公众对……的激烈批评;face(come in for) severe/a lot of～about the unemployment situation面临(招致)对失业形势的严厉/大量批评; 2)(具体的)批评意见(unfavourable opinion or remark that points out a fault or faults)[C]：have several～s of the plan 对那个计划有几条批评意见;one of the main～s against sb对某人的主要批评意见之一;I don't mean this as a～.我说这话目的不是要批评。

(2) 1)评论艺术(art of evaluating and judging the quality of works of art，literature，music，etc)[U]：literary/art～文学/艺术评论; 2)(具体的)评论意见(such a judgement)[C]：the two～s of the play 关于那个剧的两条评论;write～s for the local newspaper为当地报纸写评论文章;

←′critic n 批评(指摘)者;批评(评论)家;

【辨异】criticism与review都可表示书面的“评论”，指影、剧评论时，常可任意换用;区别在于，指文学评论时，review(评论)的书面色彩较弱，因此，常出现于报纸和通讯期刊上，如：movie/play/book reviews(影/剧/书评);而criticism则限于学术期刊和书籍。