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

• Desperate demoralized people looking for work; felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem; the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest.
  孤注一掷寻找工作的沮丧的人；因问题的巨大而感到沮丧；沮丧的教师徒劳地试图激起他们的兴趣。
• 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。
• It demoralized many teachers to see cuts being made in key areas.
  当看到伤口在关键地方时，很多老师都泄气了。
• An inconsistent policy that demoralized the staff.
  使工作人员泄气的前后不一致的政策。
• 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。
• Don't be demoralized when an employer turns you down.
  当一位雇主拒绝你的时候，不要因此而消沉。
• 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。
• 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。
• The army was demoralized by defeat.
  军队因战败而士气消沉。