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hypercritical

/hahy-per-krit-i-kuhl/US // ˌhaɪ pərˈkrɪt ɪ kəl //UK // (ˌhaɪpəˈkrɪtɪkəl) //

高评判性,高评判性的,高评语,高评判

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : excessively or meticulously critical; overcritical.

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Examples

  • So sometimes I think I would overreact over little things just because I’m hypercritical of myself.

  • Her mother ran the household with a hypercritical eye, although she could stand only for short periods.

  • Quite a number of Marxian critics find themselves in the same position as the hypercritical French sculptor.

  • To be hypercritical, I might suggest that perhaps occasionally the version is rather too literal.

  • Be not hypercritical, for Heart's sake, against a man whose aim it is to help the cause of Heart.

  • The public ear has become dainty, fastidious, hypercritical; hence the Ballad-Singer languishes and dies.

  • The rest of the evening I could enjoy to my heart's content with no hypercritical glances following me around.