demoralize
verb(British English also demoralise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they demoralize | |
| he / she / it demoralizes | |
| past simple demoralized | |
| past participle demoralized | |
| -ing form demoralizing |
- 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. 世界经济萧条进一步挫伤了工人运动的士气。 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.