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

• 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。
• The whole Union has been fragmented and demoralized.
  整个联盟被分化瓦解了。
• The rejection can leave you demoralized.
  拒绝会让你失去斗志。
• An inconsistent policy that demoralized the staff.
  使工作人员泄气的前后不一致的政策。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Losing several matches in succession had completely demoralized the team.
  连续几场比赛失利完全动摇了该队的信心。
• 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。