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
- 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 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Losing several matches in succession had completely demoralized the team.
连续几场比赛失利完全动摇了该队的信心。 - In the process of running from the front, he demoralized his competitors.
他从起跑开始就一路领先，挫伤了竞争对手的锐气。 - 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。 - The enemy is demoralized.
敌军士气颓丧。