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 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。
• Bad weather and many defeats demoralized the enemy.
  坏天气和几次挫败使敌军士气低落。
• 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 teachers, becoming demoralized, took to smoking opium.
  教员们也颓丧起来，抽上了鸦片烟。
• It got demoralized them very much and possibly the Russian Winter saved the Russian people from being defeated right in the first year of the war.
  它得到了非常多，他们士气低落，俄罗斯冬季可能免遭击败了战争的第一年，俄罗斯人民的权利。
• The whole Union has been fragmented and demoralized.
  整个联盟被分化瓦解了。
• The army was demoralized by defeat.
  军队因战败而士气消沉。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。