demoralizing

英 [dɪˈmɒrəlaɪzɪŋ]

美 [dɪˈmɔːrəlaɪzɪŋ]

adj.  令人士气低落的;使人泄气的
v.  使泄气; 使意志消沉; 使士气低落
demoralize的现在分词

现在分词：demoralizing　

BNC.41611 / COCA.32819

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 demoralising


• ADJ-GRADED 令人士气低落的;使人泄气的
  If something isdemoralizing, it makes you lose so much confidence in what you are doing that you want to give up.
  1. Redundancy can be a demoralising prospect...
     面临裁员可能会令士气低落。
  2. Persistent disapproval or criticism can be highly demoralizing.
     一再的否定和批评可能会对信心造成严重打击。

英英释义

adj

• destructive of morale and self-reliance
  Synonym:demoralisingdishearteningdispiriting

双语例句

• While micromanagers might have a good reason for their behavior, their actions are unproductive and demoralizing.
  虽然他们可能有很好的理由为自己的行为辩护，他们的行为仍然会影响到效率，使人感到泄气。
• Professor Susan Men dus, an English scholar call it "demoralizing education", whose emergence has profound social causes.
  英国学者曼德斯教授称之为“去道德化的教育”。
• When you dunk all the time it isn't as demoralizing to the opponent, but when you dunk at a key moment in the game you can use it to change the momentum.
  当你所有的时间扣篮不如对手的士气低落，但是当你扣篮时一个重要的时刻在游戏中，你可以用它来改变动力。
• Nutritionist and behavior therapist Mary believes that these results may be the kick in the right direction that some people need help to control demoralizing eating habits.
  营养学家兼行为理疗师玛丽认为，这些调查结果将开启一个正确的认识方向，即一些人需要帮助来控制她们的不良饮食习惯。
• I knew from my father that the most demoralizing circumstance of a prolonged hospital stay was the feeling that the world was passing you by.
  从我父亲那里得知，最让长期留院的病人沮丧的是被这个世界遗忘的感觉。
• The news is very demoralizing.
  这消息很使人泄气。
• Coming here has been the most demoralizing experience of my life.
  到这里来是一生中最令我丧失信心的经历。
• Working in a job that is a bad fit can be a demoralizing experience.
  做一件不适合的工作可能是令人泄气的经历。
• It is obvious that this is a dismal, demoralizing way of life, especially for an uneducated man.
  这显然是种令人消沉、夺人志气的生活方式，特别对一个不曾受过教育的人而言。
• Any enemy can never expect to conquer our land, let us huge demoralizing, it is not energy.
  任何敌人都休想征服我们的土地，让我们伏首泄气，那是不得能的。