demoralizes
英 [dɪˈmɒrəlaɪzɪz]
美 [dɪˈmɔːrəlaɪzɪz]
v. 使泄气; 使意志消沉; 使士气低落
demoralize的第三人称单数
柯林斯词典
- 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.- 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。
- Clearly, one of the objectives is to demoralize the enemy troops in any way they can.
in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 demoralise
双语例句
- Having hundreds of pages of steps to execute demoralizes the team members, to the point that they willingly turn off their minds and simply follow the steps.
拥有几百页要执行的步骤会挫伤团队成员的士气，直至他们关掉自己的思想，只是按部就班地执行这些步骤。 - These news depressed her; The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her.
这些消息使她沮丧；她的孩子的健康的情形使她沮丧。 - The worker's overalls were badly burned by acid. And it demoralizes men far more than women.
这位工人的工作装被酸腐蚀得很厉害。而且它在道德上对男子的腐蚀，比对妇女的腐蚀要厉害得多。