demoralized

英 [dɪˈmɒrəlaɪzd]

美 [dɪˈmɔːrəlaɪzd]

v.  使泄气; 使意志消沉; 使士气低落
demoralize的过去分词和过去式

过去式：demoralized　

BNC.39499 / COCA.29082

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 demoralise


• VERB 使士气低落;使失去信心;使泄气
  If somethingdemoralizessomeone, it makes them lose so much confidence in what they are doing that they want to give up.
  1. Clearly, one of the objectives is to demoralize the enemy troops in any way they can.
     很明显，目标之一就是要用一切可能的手段打击敌军的士气。

英英释义

adj

• made less hopeful or enthusiastic
  1. desperate demoralized people looking for work
  2. felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem
  3. the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest
  Synonym:demoraliseddiscourageddisheartened

双语例句

• With the best known brand in the world, we have no reason to be demoralized.
  相反，有这些世界上最著名的牌子在手，我们没道理自己打击自己的士气。
• Jealousy can also poison your career by distracting you from your job and forcing you into constant comparisons that leave you demoralized, she says.
  她说妒忌心的害处还在于它会让你从工作中分心、迫使你进入不断地比较中，让你失去斗志。
• By the time the enemy discovered this fact and began advancing West again, our forces had already had a fortnight's rest, whereas the enemy forces, hungry, exhausted and demoralized, were no good for fighting and so decided to retreat.
  及至敌发觉再向西进时，我已休息了半个月，敌则饥疲沮丧，无能为力，下决心退却了。
• The resulting conflicts in policy, and the continual changing of plans, soon demoralized the department.
  决策上的冲突，计划的不断变更很快使部门士气受挫。
• In the process of running from the front, he demoralized his competitors.
  他从起跑开始就一路领先，挫伤了竞争对手的锐气。
• My mother was slowly dying of cancer, and our household had become agrim and demoralized place.
  当时我的母亲正在被癌症慢慢夺去生命，家里已变得愁云密布。
• Those who don't think they have the gift also become defensive and demoralized, and often opt out as well.
  认为自己没有天赋的那些人，也变成防御，意志消沉，而且也经常选择退出。
• This inevitably leads to a frustrated, demoralized, and even paralyzed organization.
  而这将不可避免地导致公司上下滋生沮丧情绪，士气低落，甚至陷入瘫痪。
• This demoralized Janos so much that, while he continued to work on mathematical problems, he published no more.
  这士气低落亚诺什这么多，虽然他继续工作的数学问题，他出版了没有更多的。
• Stupidity has left me demoralized.
  愚昧使我道德败坏。