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If you are uncritical of something, you accept it without looking for problems in it. The word almost always shows : the speaker thinks you should have looked harder.
If you are uncritical of something如果你對某件事uncritical, you accept it without looking for problems in it代表你全盤接受,沒有去找裡面的問題. The word almost always shows disapproval這個字幾乎都帶著不贊同的語氣: the speaker thinks you should have looked harder說話的人認為你應該要看得更仔細一點.
Two common shapes. First, 'uncritical of X' — 'the newspapers were uncritical of the government' means they printed what they were told and asked no hard questions. Second, before a noun — 'uncritical praise', 'uncritical support', 'uncritical acceptance' — praise or support given with the eyes closed.
Two common shapes常見的用法有兩種. First第一種, 'uncritical of X''uncritical of X' — 'the newspapers were uncritical of the government''the newspapers were uncritical of the government'(媒體對政府照單全收) means意思是 they printed what they were told他們把被告知的內容照登 and asked no hard questions沒有提出任何尖銳的問題. Second第二種, before a noun放在名詞前面 — 'uncritical praise', 'uncritical support', 'uncritical acceptance''uncritical praise'、'uncritical support'、'uncritical acceptance' — praise or support given with the eyes closed閉著眼睛給出的稱讚或支持.
Here it is important to know what 'critical' means in this pair. It does not mean 'saying bad things'. To be critical, in this sense, is to weigh something up carefully and decide for yourself what is good and what is weak. So being uncritical is not the opposite of being ; it is the opposite of thinking carefully. A teacher who says 'don't be uncritical' is not asking you to attack the book — only to stop swallowing it whole.
Here it is important to know這裡很重要要知道 what 'critical' means in this pair這對詞裡的'critical'是什麼意思. It does not mean它不是指 'saying bad things''說壞話'. To be critical, in this sense在這個意義下critical, is to weigh something up carefully是指仔細衡量一件事 and decide for yourself what is good and what is weak自己判斷什麼好、什麼弱. So being uncritical is not the opposite of being unkind所以uncritical的相反不是不友善; it is the opposite of thinking carefully而是不夠仔細思考. A teacher who says老師說 'don't be uncritical''don't be uncritical', is not asking you to attack the book不是要你去攻擊那本書 — only to stop swallowing it whole只是要你別整個照單全收.
There is one narrow use where it is neutral rather than negative: in medicine or engineering, 'uncritical' can just mean 'not critical, not at a dangerous point', but you will rarely meet that. It is a fairly formal word, at home in essays, reviews and news writing.
There is one narrow use where it is neutral rather than negative有一個少見的中性用法: in medicine or engineering在醫學或工程領域, 'uncritical' can just mean'uncritical'可以單純指 'not critical, not at a dangerous point''不危急、還沒到危險的程度', but you will rarely meet that不過你很少會遇到這種用法. It is a fairly formal word這是個相當正式的字, at home in essays, reviews and news writing常見於論說文、評論和新聞寫作.
組成un- ('not') + critical. Critical goes back to Greek kritikos, 'able to judge', from krinein 'to separate, to decide'. That first idea — separating one thing from another so you can judge them — is the heart of it: a critical reader separates the strong parts from the weak parts. An uncritical reader lets them stay in one lump.
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
uncriticaladj
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Lacking critique or critical examination; undiscriminating.
- an uncritical review
- Let any competent judge read Hacket's Life of Archbishop Williams, and then these Sermons, and so measure the stultifying, nugifying effect of a blind and uncritical study of the Fathers […]
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Having a disregard for critical standards or procedures.
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Slow to criticize.
- uncritical to the point of tolerating incompetence, jeopardizing the business model
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。