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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 an·i·mad·ver·sion /ˌænəˌmædˈvɚ/
 批評,非難

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 An·i·mad·ver·sion n.
 1. The act or power of perceiving or taking notice; direct or simple perception. [Obs.]
    The soul is the sole percipient which hath animadversion and sense, properly so called.   --Glanvill.
 2. Monition; warning. [Obs.]
 3. Remarks by way of criticism and usually of censure; adverse criticism; reproof; blame.
    He dismissed their commissioners with severe and sharp animadversions.   --Clarendon.
 4. Judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment. [Archaic] “Divine animadversions.”
 Syn: -- Stricture; criticism; censure; reproof; blame; comment.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 animadversion
      n : harsh criticism or disapproval [syn: censure]