critical
'kritikәladjective
A22,184th most heard wordIn 42 of 2278 videos (2%)heard 79 timeslast on Oct 16, 2026
- adj. marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws
- adj. at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction
- adj. characterized by careful evaluation and judgment
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- 8:51Here's the critical thing that I wish they taught us when we were kids: the agitation that you feel from trying to do something, genuine attempts to do something, okay, and the errors you make in trying to do that thing.这是我希望我们在小时候就被教导的关键一点：你因尝试做某事而感到的焦虑，真正尝试去做某事，好吧，以及你在尝试做那件事时犯的错误。Andrew Huberman Demonstrates Eye-Movement Sleep Trick, Shares Tips for Brain Health (Extended)
- 1:24Seeing just how critical the hedgehog's condition was, we rushed back to work as quickly as we could.看到刺猬的状况如此危急，我们以最快的速度赶回去工作。Rescuers Find Hedgehog Bloated Like A Balloon And Discover Why | The Dodo
- 15:59So yes, we want to soften our phrases whenever we are pointing out something that might feel mean or critical, but also you want to really be careful about how much you do that because no matter how much you add this softening language, it's still something critical.所以是的，当我们指出可能听起来刻薄或批评的事情时，我们确实想软化我们的措辞，但你也要非常小心你使用的程度，因为无论你添加多少这种软化语言，它仍然是批评。2689 - Don’t Want to Sound Harsh? Soften the Blow with These Phrases
- 5:49All of a sudden, we were told that the chimney was disappearing because they wanted space for the kitchen, and that's a critical element.突然间，我们被告知烟囱要拆除，因为他们想给厨房腾出空间，而那是一个关键要素。This Old House | Salvage, Pink Granite (S29 E7) FULL EPISODE
- 6:32Knowing the precise shape of the geoid is critical for making GPS actually useful, because satellite-based GPS calculates your position using pure geometry and maps it to the ideal ellipsoid.了解大地水准面的精确形状对于使 GPS 真正有用至关重要，因为基于卫星的 GPS 使用纯几何计算你的位置，并将其映射到理想的椭球体上。Why Everything Weighs Less in Antarctica
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