"The critical issue was, of course,politics." "They by all means are trying to keep General Noriega in jail.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

Purification of the sanctuary was believed to be critical to the health and the well-being of the community.

圣所的净化被认为是,对整个群落的健康和幸福的一种批判。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Cash was a great journalist, intellectual historian in his own right, deeply critical of his beloved South.

卡什是个杰出的记者,同时也是个卓越的历史学家,他对自己挚爱的南方进行了深度批判

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

"What surprised me,in fact, is that when he attained office, Obama did not denounce or back away from the idea of installing missiles in Poland, which is something I think he was quite critical of at one point,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.15

I suggested that there was a critical response to those issues that was somewhat negative, and I want to sort of remind you of that from W. E. B. Du Bois's review of Black Boy when it came out.

对于负面问题,有个关键评述，大家看一下,关于《黑孩子》的评论。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选