こくひょう

[酷評] *criticism

【U】【C】非難， あら捜し， 酷評∥ meet harsh criticism with a smile 酷評を笑って受け流す

stricture

【C】《正式》［しばしば ～s］〔…に対する〕非難， 酷評；批評〔on， upon〕

censure

【U】【C】《正式》非難， 酷評.

◇→酷評する

酷評
severe criticism
damnation
黒表
black list

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こくひょう【酷評】

*criticism

〖U〗〖C〗非難， あら捜し， 酷評

meet harsh criticism with a smile 酷評を笑って受け流す

stricture

〖C〗《正式》［しばしば ～s］〔…に対する〕非難， 酷評；批評〔on， upon〕

censure

〖U〗〖C〗《正式》非難， 酷評.

◇ → 酷評する

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こくひょう【酷評】

(a) severe [harsh, bitter, sharp, scathing, vitriolic] criticism; a cruel remark; severe strictures; a diatribe; a brickbat; 《口》 《give sb》 a roasting; 《米》 《口》 a roast.

～する criticize sharply [bitterly, severely, roundly]; lambast(e); speak bitterly [badly] of 《sb, sth》; say harsh things about 《an opposition party》; tear [pull, pick] 《sb, sth》 to pieces; flay; 《文》 berate; castigate severely; excoriate; inveigh against 《bad behavior》; 《口》 lay into sb; pan; slash (to pieces); 《米》 pound [score, beat] sb like anything; rap; 《英》 slate.

●酷評すれば彼の論文は紙の無駄だ. To be harsh [ruthless, hypercritical], I think his dissertation is a waste of paper. | It may sound harsh, but I don't think his thesis is worth the paper it's written on.

・彼女が酷評されるのも無理ない. It's not surprising she gets harshly criticized. | No wonder people say nasty things about her.

●(著書などが)酷評を受ける be subjected to severe criticism; be severely criticized [torn to pieces, panned]

・酷評を浴びる, 酷評にさらされる be severely criticized in every quarter [on all sides]; be exposed to harsh criticism; 《口》 come in for a lot of flak.

酷評家 a bitter [sharp, severe, vitriolic] critic.