demoralizing是什么意思？

demoralizing

英[dɪ'mɒrəlaɪzɪŋ] 美[dɪ'mɒrəlaɪzɪŋ]

• adj. 使丧失信心的，令人泄气的；
• v. 使士气低落，使意志消沉( demoralize的现在分词 )；

动词：demoralize;

名词：demoralization;

形容词：demoralized;

例句

• The news is very demoralizing. 这消息很使人泄气.
• Lord Henry, you are quite delightful and dreadfully demoralizing. 亨利勋爵, 你很讨人喜欢,而且把道德讲得一文不值.
• Those snipers are demoralizing my people. 那些狙击手让我手下的士气受到很大的打击.
• Rousseau's intellectual influence was on the whole demoralizing. 总的说来,卢梭给人在思想上的影响是伤风败俗的.
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  令人士气低落的;使人泄气的
  If something is demoralizing, it makes you lose so much confidence in what you are doing that you want to give up.
  例句
  Redundancy can be a demoralising prospect... 面临裁员可能会令士气低落。 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。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. destructive of morale and self-reliance