demoralize
vt. 使道德败坏；使堕落；使士气低落
vt.
使士气低落，使意志消沉；使陷入混乱；
变形
过去式：demoralized过去分词：demoralized现在分词：demoralizing第三人称单数：demoralizes
英英释义
demoralize[ di'mɔrəlaiz ]
v.
corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
同义词：corruptpervertsubvertdemoralisedebauchdebaseprofanevitiatedepravemisdirect
lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
"The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
同义词：depressdejectcast downget downdismaydispiritdemoralise
confuse or put into disorder
"the boss's behavior demoralized everyone in the office"
双语例句
用作动词(v.)
The troops were thoroughly demoralized by this set-back.
这一挫败使部队士气丧失殆尽。
Each attack is designed to demoralize our people and divide us from one another.
每一起袭击事件都妄想摧毁我们的士气，在我们中间制造隔阂。
Constant criticism is enough to demoralize anybody.
频繁的批评足以使任何人意志消沉。
权威例句
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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.
1. Constant criticism is enough to demoralize anybody.
频繁的批评足以使任何人意志消沉。
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2. Clearly, one of the objectives is to demoralize the enemy troops in any way they can.
很清楚，目的之一是他们想尽一切办法瓦解敌军的士气。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3. Rumors of impending sanctions can demoralize.
即将采取制裁的谣言能使士气低落。
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4. Nothing in the world can demoralize people as money does.
世上没有任何东西比金钱更能使人道德败坏。
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5. The Soviet Union believes that it can demoralize Western Europe and paralyze us.
苏联相信它能使西欧丧失斗志，麻痹我们。
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6. Lofty goals often inspire business teams, while they often demoralize engineering teams.
高的目标通常可以激励商业组，同时他们经常受挫于工程组。
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7. It's almost as if it was made as thin as it is purely to demoralize would-be competitors.
看起来做这么薄好像纯粹是为了让潜在的竞争者抓狂。
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8. If you wait to fire them, you'll run out of money, demoralize your top performers, and lose credibility.
如果你只是期待着解雇他们，你将会耗尽财力，不但优秀员工的士气低落，而且你也会在他们心中失去信誉。
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9. They are difficult to understand and frustrate and demoralize those unlucky enough to have to work with them.
他们很难理解并受挫，为那些不幸的人感到沮丧，不得不和他们一起工作。
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10. Setting the goals so high was his method of keeping us motivated, and unfortunately it worked to demoralize the team instead.
把目标定得很高是他用来激励我们的方法，但不幸的是这反而打消了我们团队的士气。
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11. Torments ruin his talent while sufferings demoralize him. Though still alive as a man, he is dying or already dead as a writer.
折磨毁了他的才华，苦难消沉了意志，作为人来说他还活着，作为作家来说却正在或已死去。
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12. " Her gossipy and unscrupulous manner, it said, showed "the shameless manipulation of the plot to demoralize the Venezuelan people.
这种无耻阴谋会让委内瑞拉人民士气低落。
youdao
13. That is what happens when you poison your growth through letting others diminish, marginalize and demoralize you from reaching your potential.
是你自己让别人影响你的成长，使你的潜力无法发挥。
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14. One reason for that is many “failures” are only temporary setbacks, and if you don’t let them scare you and demoralize you, they can be turned into wins.
原因之一是很多“失败”只不过是暂时性的挫折，并且如果你没有被它们吓到，没有心灰意冷，你极有可能力挽狂澜。
youdao
15. Part pop psychology, part human-resources jargon, the term microinequities puts a name on all the indirect offenses that can demoralize a talented employee.
部份大众心理学、部份人力资源的行话「细微忽视」，发生在所有导致优秀员工士气低落的间接冒犯。
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16. For we known that psychological operations could demoralize enemy's fighting aspiration via information attack, the media by which information can be transmitted are very important.
既然心理战是要通过信息作战击溃敌人的斗志，传达信息的媒介因而也就异常重要。
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17. When Lee invaded the North, his hope was that he could get far enough in, win a great battle, demoralize the Northern will to fight, and then there would be pressure on Lincoln to stop the war.
当罗伯特李入侵北方时，他希望他能够深入北方并赢得一场伟大的战役，瓦解北方人战斗的意志，最终使林肯不得不下令停止战争。
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18. Unlike her predecessors, she however refuses to let her boss's impossible demands demoralize her and tries to see the fashion world through Miranda's eyes, keeping her feet still firmly on the ground.
与她的前任，她却拒绝让她的老板是不可能打击她的要求，并试图通过看时尚界米兰达的眼睛，使她的脚还是坚定地在地上。
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19. Unlike her predecessors, she however refuses to let her boss's impossible demands demoralize her and tries to see the fashion world through Miranda's eyes, keeping her feet still firmly on the ground.
与她的前任，她却拒绝让她的老板是不可能打击她的要求，并试图通过看时尚界米兰达的眼睛，使她的脚还是坚定地在地上。
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