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。
• 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 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。
• The rejection can leave you demoralized.
  拒绝会让你失去斗志。
• 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。
• Stupidity has left me demoralized.
  愚昧使我道德败坏。
• 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。
• 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。
• The teachers, becoming demoralized, took to smoking opium.
  教员们也颓丧起来，抽上了***烟。
• The army was demoralized by defeat.
  军队因战败而士气消沉。