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词汇 animadversion
释义 animadversion
noun[ C or U ]
 formaluk /ˌæn.ɪ.mædˈvɜː.ʃən/ us /ˌæn.ɪ.mædˈvɝː.ʒən/
criticism or a critical remark: 批评
She was being critical, but her animadversions were mild.她颇为苛刻,但其批评非常温和。
His actions attracted neither surprise nor animadversion.他的行为并未招致惊讶或批评。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Disapproving & criticizing
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aw
backbite
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barrel
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boo
disapprobation
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knocker
let someone have both barrelsidiom
low blow
mordacious
mordancy
nitpicker
pile
slam
union-basher

Examples of animadversion


animadversion
Academic degrees survived the animadversions of modern civil society because they had been absorbed by the civil service, had been reconciled with the modern bureaucratic state.
He was said to be worth 13 knights—no animadversion on the present knights; obviously he was thought of as a very important person.
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There have been several such laws passed in recent years which have given rise to considerable animadversion afterwards.
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Those are not animadversions which are thrown out recklessly.
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I do not dissent altogether from his animadversions.
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We enjoyed his speech today, especially his animadversions on economists.
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I do not think it is open to their animadversions.
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Animadversions shower upon my head in such rapid succession that it is difficult to deal with them.
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There is no animadversion whatever to those who sell on water.
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I do not think that these personal animadversions are desirable.
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There are certain animadversions made against the practices of building merchants, mostly very strongly in favour of free competition.
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As to my noble friend's animadversion, he is entitled to comparisons between what happens in this country and other countries.
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I agree with much of what he has said, except for his animadversions on nationalisation, but that is part of party warfare.
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I was flattered by his animadversions on the subject.
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I have heard animadversions, at different times against those who then dealt in building materials, against rings, light castings associations and organizations of that kind.
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