de·mor·al·ize
verb/dɪˈmɒrəlaɪz/
/dɪˈmɔːrəlaɪz/
(British English also demoralise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they demoralize | /dɪˈmɒrəlaɪz/ /dɪˈmɔːrəlaɪz/ |
| he / she / it demoralizes | /dɪˈmɒrəlaɪzɪz/ /dɪˈmɔːrəlaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple demoralized | /dɪˈmɒrəlaɪzd/ /dɪˈmɔːrəlaɪzd/ |
| past participle demoralized | /dɪˈmɒrəlaɪzd/ /dɪˈmɔːrəlaɪzd/ |
| -ing form demoralizing | /dɪˈmɒrəlaɪzɪŋ/ /dɪˈmɔːrəlaɪzɪŋ/ |
- demoralize somebody to make somebody lose confidence or hope
使泄气；使意志消沉；使士气低落 - Constant criticism is enough to demoralize anybody.
频繁的批评足以使任何人意志消沉。 - The world depression further demoralized the labour movement.
世界经济大萧条进一步打击了劳工运动的士气。 - Many members were demoralized by the leadership’s failure to implement reforms.
许多成员因领导者改革不力而士气低落。
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French démoraliser (a word of the French Revolution), from dé- (expressing reversal) + moral ‘moral’, from Latin moralis. - Constant criticism is enough to demoralize anybody.