adj. 批評的,愛挑剔的;關鍵的;嚴重的;極重要的;
?? crit判斷,分辨+ical...的 → 批評的;危險的
"Now that the situation becomes critical, one must keep calm."
事到臨頭, 要沉住氣.
近義:key, momentous, significant, weighty, winning, watershed
反義:idle, immaterial, inane, inconsequential, inconsiderable, ineffective
adv. 否則;另外;別的方式;
adj. 別的,另外的;不同的;
conj. 否則,不然;
?? other另外的+wise方向,狀態 →要不然
"If he had done otherwise, I should have thought him a rascal."
如果他不這樣做, 我就認為他是個惡棍.
近義:other, unequal, unlike, different, dissimilar, diverse
反義:indeed, really, strictly, truly, actually