demoralize 英 [dɪˈmɒrəlaɪz]   美 [dɪˈmɔrəlaɪz]

demoralize

demoralize  英 [dɪˈmɒrəlaɪz] 美 [dɪˈmɔrəlaɪz]

vt. 沮丧;使士气低落 

进行时:demoralizing  过去式:demoralized  过去分词:demoralized  第三人称单数:demoralizes  名词复数:demoralizes 

Constant criticism is enough to demoralize anybody. 频繁的批评足以使任何人意志消沉。
The workers here seem very demoralized. 这里的工人显得十分沮丧。

  • If something demoralizes you, it makes you feel bad or hopeless. When your soccer team was trounced by the last-place team in the league, the loss seemed to demoralize everyone, from players to coaches to fans.
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  • vt. 沮丧;使士气低落
  • 1. Constant criticism is enough to demoralize anybody.

    频繁的批评足以使任何人意志消沉。

  • 2. The workers here seem very demoralized.

    这里的工人显得十分沮丧。

  • 3. the demoralizing effects of unemployment

    失业造成的使人沮丧的后果

  • demoralize (v.) c. 1793, "to corrupt the morals of," from French démoraliser, from de- "remove" (see de-) + moral (adj.) (see moral). Said to be a coinage of the French Revolution. Sense of "lower the morale of" (especially of armies) is first recorded 1848. Related: Demoralized; demoralizing.
de·mor·al·ize ( BrE also -ise ) / dɪˈmɒrəlaɪz ; NAmE dɪˈmɔːrəlaɪz / verb [usually passive ] demoralizesb to make sb lose confidence or hope 使泄气;使意志消沉;使士气低落 SYN dishearten Constant criticism is enough to demoralize anybody. 频繁的批评足以使任何人意志消沉。 de·mor·al·ized , -ised / ; NAmE / adjective The workers here seem very demoralized. 这里的工人显得十分沮丧。 de·mor·al·iz·ing , -is·ing / dɪˈmɒrəlaɪzɪŋ ; NAmE dɪˈmɔːrəlaɪzɪŋ / adjective the demoralizing effects of unemployment 失业造成的使人沮丧的后果 de·mor·al·iza·tion , -isa·tion / dɪˌmɒrəlaɪˈzeɪʃn ; NAmE dɪˌmɔːrələˈzeɪʃn / noun [uncountable ] demoralise demoralised demoralises demoralising demoralize demoralized demoralizes demoralizing de·mor·al·ize / dɪˈmɒrəlaɪz ; NAmE dɪˈmɔːrəlaɪz / de·mor·al·ized / ; NAmE / de·mor·al·iz·ing / dɪˈmɒrəlaɪzɪŋ ; NAmE dɪˈmɔːrəlaɪzɪŋ / de·mor·al·iza·tion / dɪˌmɒrəlaɪˈzeɪʃn ; NAmE dɪˌmɔːrələˈzeɪʃn /
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