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。
• In a generation, they have descended from proud working class to demoralized underclass.
  仅仅经过一代人，他们便从自豪的工人阶级蜕化成道德败坏的社会底层分子。
• Stupidity has left me demoralized.
  愚昧使我道德败坏。
• 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 enemy were demoralized and collapsed at the first encounter.
  敌军士气涣散，一触即溃。
• The rejection can leave you demoralized.
  拒绝会让你失去斗志。
• 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。
• The teachers, becoming demoralized, took to smoking opium.
  教员们也颓丧起来，抽上了鸦片烟。
• The source blames "arbitrarily high" standards that came as a reaction from "demoralized" SFDA staff.
  他抱怨这一“武断的超高标准”来自于“不道德”的SFDA人员的对此事的回应。
• 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。