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。
• 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。
• An inconsistent policy that demoralized the staff.
  使工作人员泄气的前后不一致的政策。
• The enemy is demoralized.
  敌军士气颓丧。
• The teachers, becoming demoralized, took to smoking opium.
  教员们也颓丧起来，抽上了鸦片烟。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 defated army returned home as a demoralized rabble.
  战败的军队回到家时成了一群士气沮丧的乌合之众。
• 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。