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 army was demoralized by defeat.
  军队因战败而士气消沉。
• The enemy is demoralized.
  敌军士气颓丧。
• Bad weather and many defeats demoralized the enemy.
  坏天气和几次挫败使敌军士气低落。
• 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。
• The teachers, becoming demoralized, took to smoking opium.
  教员们也颓丧起来，抽上了鸦片烟。
• The enemy troops being exhausted and demoralized, our troops won a series of victories.
  敌军疲惫不堪，士气低落，我军连战皆捷。
• The resulting conflicts in policy, and the continual changing of plans, soon demoralized the department.
  决策上的冲突，计划的不断变更很快使部门士气受挫。
• 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 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 enemy were demoralized and collapsed at the first encounter.
  敌军士气涣散，一触即溃。