the amount of confidence and enthusiasm, etc. that a person or a group has at a particular time 士气 to boost/raise/improve morale 提高士气 Morale amongst the players is very high at the moment. 此刻选手们士气高昂。 Staff are suffering from low morale. 员工士气低落。 Another win would be good for the team’s morale. 再赢一场对球队的士气有好处。
Extra ExamplesMorale among nurses is at rock bottom. 护士们士气低落到了极点。 Morale is very high in the school. 该校师生精神振奋。 The army has a major morale problem. 军队面临着重大的士气问题。 The bonus helped maintain morale among the staff. 发放奖金有助于保持员工的工作热情。 These unfortunate incidents sapped both our morale and our resources. 这些不幸的事件既消磨了大家的士气,又破坏了我们的资源。 measures designed to boost the morale of the police 旨在鼓舞警察士气的措施 The team is suffering from low morale. 该队士气低落。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- high
- low
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- affect
- be bad for
- be damaging to
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- improve
- decline
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- boost
- booster
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- morale among
- a crisis of morale
- a loss of morale
Word Originmid 18th cent.: from French moral. The spelling was changed to preserve the final stress in pronunciation.