critique, examine,evaluate and explain在Longman里的解释

大荣

idea题里经常有这几个词。大家讨论一下有何区别。

1. critique
  v. to say how good or bad a book, play, painting, or set of ideas is.  
  - He offered to critique our plans.
 
2. examine
  v. to look at something carefully and thoroughly because you want to find out more about it:
  - A team of divers was sent down to examine the wreck.
  - Hegel's philosophy will be examined in detail in Chapter 4.
 
  examine how/whether/what etc
  - In the course, we will examine how and why Spain became a democracy in 1931.
3. evaluate
  v. to judge how good, useful, or successful something is [= assess]:
  - You should be able to evaluate your own work.
  - We need to evaluate the success of the campaign.
  - It can be difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of different treatments.

4. explain
  to tell someone about something in a way that is clear or easy to understand:
  - He carefully explained the procedure.
 
  explain (to somebody) why/how/what etc
     The librarian will explain how to use the catalogue system.
     Let me explain what I mean.

加几个来自逻辑版的抽象名词说明，非longman的

Principle

- a basic truth that explains or controls how something happens or works

- A rule or standard, especially of good behavior: a man of principle.

Fact

Something demonstrated to exist or known to have existed or A real occurrence; an event.

In one word, principle is you have to follow in the future and fact is the thing that has been done or existed.

Consideration

I think it is a factor to be considered in forming a judgment or decision: Safety is the most important consideration in choosing a car.

Evidence

A thing or things helpful in forming a conclusion or judgment: Scientists weigh the evidence for and against a hypothesis.

In one word, consideration is you have to think about it when forming a desion and evidence is that for or against your opinion based on that

关于inference and conclusion:

inference :inference let you say sth that the author said using indirectly way. 通常我们只对文章中的句子进行同义词转换或句型转换局可以了。
despite the fact that the （definition） of useful on Earth has become more （far-reaching in recent years）==〉The （notion） of what is useful on Earth （is not necessarily constant）
但再进一步的推出就是结论而不是暗示。
In oder to justify the cost of space exploration, we must show that space is worth understanding for its own sake可以是一种结论。
we think we should cancel space exploiration because its huge cost.可以是另一种结论。
当然你也可以得出更多的结论。

关于fact和premise,

简单讲，我认为fact是不可能做premise。因为premise是an idea that you use to support another theory。that idea can be wrong. but fact is that thing happened indeed in the past, it must be true.

举一个例子：
在热恋中，所有男孩子都要给女孩子送花。（前提）
我是男孩子且在热恋(事实)
所以，我也要送花（结论）

kathy1989717

那critique和evaluate意思实际是不是差不多呀？

因为我记得我阅读有一个题就错在critique上了。

cindy796

好贴~顶！