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

• Accommodation failed to placate the critics and may have demoralized supporters of a strong defense.
  迁就没有能安抚批评者，而可能使强大防务的支持者灰心丧气。
• The teachers, becoming demoralized, took to smoking opium.
  教员们也颓丧起来，抽上了鸦片烟。
• 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。
• The rejection can leave you demoralized.
  拒绝会让你失去斗志。
• 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。
• Bad weather and many defeats demoralized the enemy.
  坏天气和几次挫败使敌军士气低落。
• The army was demoralized by defeat.
  军队因战败而士气消沉。
• The whole Union has been fragmented and demoralized.
  整个联盟被分化瓦解了。
• The enemy is demoralized.
  敌军士气颓丧。
• 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。