1
demoralize sb.
The long wait demoralized the team.
长时间的等待使团队士气低落。
使士气低落；使泄气
demoralized — past of demoralize
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使士气低落；使泄气
to make someone lose confidence or hope
The long wait demoralized the team.
长时间的等待使团队士气低落。
在道德上或因放纵或感官享乐而腐化
corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
使混乱或陷入无序
confuse or put into disorder
降低某人的士气；使沮丧
lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
demoralize
Base
原形
demoralizes
3rd person
第三人称单数
demoralizing
-ing
现在分词
demoralized
Past
过去式
demoralized
Past participle
过去分词
Constant criticism demoralizes the team.
持续的批评使团队士气低落。
The defeat demoralized the soldiers.
这次失败使士兵们士气受挫。
The negative feedback is demoralizing the staff.
负面的反馈正在使员工感到沮丧。
使士气低落，使沮丧，使道德败坏
The constant criticism from his boss began to demoralize him.
来自老板的不断批评开始使他士气低落。
Some people believe that violence on TV can demoralize the youth.
一些人认为电视上的暴力会腐蚀青少年。
The lack of clear leadership demoralized the team.
缺乏明确的领导使团队士气低落。
The long wait demoralized the team.
长时间的等待使团队士气低落。
He was demoralized by the constant criticism.
他被不断的批评弄得灰心丧气。
Not this
The team felt demoralize after the loss.
Use this
The team felt demoralized after the loss.
错用动词原形作形容词，应使用过去分词形式表示被动或状态。
Not this
She was demoralized to the constant criticism.
Use this
She was demoralized by the constant criticism.
介词搭配错误，表示原因时应用 'by' 而非 'to'。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
使团队士气低落
The constant setbacks began to demoralize the team.
不断的挫折开始使团队士气低落。
感到泄气
After failing the exam twice, she felt demoralized.
两次考试不及格后，她感到泄气。
令人沮丧的失败
The team suffered a demoralizing defeat in the final.
那支球队在决赛中遭遇了令人沮丧的失败。
瓦解敌军士气
The surprise attack was designed to demoralize the enemy.
这次突袭旨在瓦解敌军士气。
彻底打击士气
The harsh criticism completely demoralized him.
严厉的批评彻底打击了他的士气。
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拆解记忆：de(去掉)+moral(道德)+ize(使动)。连道德感都被去除，士气自然会崩溃，使人沮丧。
语域：neutral 常见场景：职场或团队管理等组织场景、新闻报道或社会评论、描述个人心理状态时 demoralize 比较常见于书面或正式场合，属于相对中性的用语，通常表示“使士气低落、使泄气”；在涉及团队、军队或组织时也可能带有“使混乱、使感到失望”的含义。具体意思需要根据宾语和上下文来判断，口语中则更常说 discouraging 或 make someone lose confidence。
与 demoralize 真正押韵的常用词很少；moralize 的重读元音和后续 /rəlaɪz/ 与其一致，所以押韵。realize、organize、analyze 都以 -ize 结尾并含 /aɪz/ 音，但重音位置不同，并不与 demoralize 押韵。
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