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
- 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.- 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。
- Clearly, one of the objectives is to demoralize the enemy troops in any way they can.
in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 demoralise
英英释义
adj
- made less hopeful or enthusiastic
- desperate demoralized people looking for work
- felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem
- the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest
双语例句
- 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。 - The enemy is demoralized.
敌军士气颓丧。 - Stupidity has left me demoralized.
愚昧使我道德败坏。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。