demoralize是什么意思？

demoralize

英[dɪˈmɒrəlaɪz] 美[dɪˈmɔrəlaɪz]

• vt. 使士气低落，使意志消沉，使陷入混乱；

第三人称单数：demoralizes;

过去式：demoralized;

过去分词：demoralized;

现在分词：demoralizing;

名词：demoralization;

形容词：demoralized, demoralizing;

例句

• 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.
• Frequent gyrations in our national direction demoralize the Foreign Service. 我们在基本国策上的多变性,常使外交部门陷于混乱.
• Constant criticism is enough to demoralize anybody. 频繁的批评足以使任何人意志消沉。
• 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。

同义词

• v.
  demoralize的同义词之：涣散士气
  unman, enfeeble, enervate, dispirit, depress, crush, discourage, deflate, dishearten, daunt, break, down, deject, undermine, sap,
  demoralize的同义词之：道德败坏
  vitiate, pollute, contaminate, corrupt, debase, deprave, debauch,
  demoralize的同义词之：陷入混乱
  unnerve, fluster, upset, throw, panic, shake, disconcert, or, agitate, disturb, a, confuse, bewilder, frighten, perturb, up, into,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  使士气低落;使失去信心;使泄气
  If something demoralizes someone, it makes them lose so much confidence in what they are doing that they want to give up.
  例句
  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。

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  使士气低落,使意志消沉
  They have left the teaching profession, demoralized and undervalued. 他们已经离开了教学行业，意志消沉，受人轻视。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality;
  "debauch the young people with wine and women""Socrates was accused of corrupting young men""Do school counselors subvert young children?""corrupt the morals"
  2. lower someone's spirits; make downhearted;
  "These news depressed her""The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
  3. confuse or put into disorder;
  "the boss's behavior demoralized everyone in the office"