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demoralize v.使士气低落；使失去斗志 (1) 这一挫败使部队士气丧失殆尽。(2) 每一起袭击事件都妄想摧毁我们的士气，在我们中间制造隔阂。 Demoralize can also mean what it looks like, "to remove the morals of." For example, parents worry that R-rated movies will demoralize their children. In order words, they fear kids will lose their sense of what's right and wrong if they see glamorous actors indulging in bad behavior.

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英 [dɪ'mɒrəlaɪz] 美 [dɪ'mɔːrəlaɪz] (1) The troops were thoroughly demoralized by this set-back.(2) Each attack is designed to demoralize our people and divide us from one another. The verb demoralize describes the actions of someone or something that makes you feel bad or hopeless, like the horrible loss to the last-place team that seemed to demoralize everyone — from players to coaches to fans. in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 demoralise1[VERB 动词]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.   [V n]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。demoralizedThe ship's crew were now exhausted and utterly demoralized.这艘船上的船员现在都已精疲力竭，彻底丧失了信心。...legitimate grievances raised by a demoralized police force.士气低落的警察队伍提出的合理申诉demoralization...the lingering demoralization that followed defeat in World War I.第一次世界大战战败之后挥之不去的消沉情绪

英语单词	demoralize
英美音标	英 [dɪ'mɒrəlaɪz] 美 [dɪ'mɔːrəlaɪz]
中文释义	v.使士气低落；使失去斗志
英语例句	(1) The troops were thoroughly demoralized by this set-back. (2) Each attack is designed to demoralize our people and divide us from one another.
中文例句	(1) 这一挫败使部队士气丧失殆尽。 (2) 每一起袭击事件都妄想摧毁我们的士气，在我们中间制造隔阂。
vocabulary简明	The verb demoralize describes the actions of someone or something that makes you feel bad or hopeless, like the horrible loss to the last-place team that seemed to demoralize everyone — from players to coaches to fans.
vocabulary扩展	Demoralize can also mean what it looks like, "to remove the morals of." For example, parents worry that R-rated movies will demoralize their children. In order words, they fear kids will lose their sense of what's right and wrong if they see glamorous actors indulging in bad behavior.
柯林斯解释	in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 demoralise 1 [VERB 动词]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. [V n] 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。 demoralized The ship's crew were now exhausted and utterly demoralized. 这艘船上的船员现在都已精疲力竭，彻底丧失了信心。 ...legitimate grievances raised by a demoralized police force. 士气低落的警察队伍提出的合理申诉 demoralization ...the lingering demoralization that followed defeat in World War I. 第一次世界大战战败之后挥之不去的消沉情绪

Demoralize Troops Demoralized Makes Bad Lose Demoralization 英