it is demoralizing to do sth
用 it 作形式主语，真正的主语是后面的不定式。
It is demoralizing to work hard and still be criticized.
努力工作却仍然受到批评，真让人沮丧。
令人沮丧的；使人气馁的
使丧失信心的；令人泄气的
Causing someone to lose confidence or hope; disheartening.
令人沮丧的
Disheartening.
The constant criticism from her boss was demoralizing, making her dread going to work.
老板不断的批评令人泄气，让她害怕去上班。
用法提示：形容词demoralizing在此句中描述持续的批评使人失去信心。
After losing the championship game, the team felt demoralizing disappointment.
输掉冠军赛后，球队感到令人沮丧的失望。
用法提示：demoralizing修饰disappointment，强调失望的程度使人丧失士气。
It is demoralizing to see your hard work ignored by others.
看到自己的努力被他人忽视是令人丧失信心的。
用法提示：demoralizing作表语，描述看到努力被忽视的感受。
用 it 作形式主语，真正的主语是后面的不定式。
It is demoralizing to work hard and still be criticized.
努力工作却仍然受到批评，真让人沮丧。
用 for 引出受影响的人或群体。
The repeated failures were demoralizing for the whole team.
接连的失败让整个团队都很沮丧。
find 后先接宾语，再接形容词作宾语补足语。
Many new employees find the constant criticism demoralizing.
许多新员工觉得不断受到批评令人气馁。
作定语时直接放在名词前面。
Losing the final match was a demoralizing experience for the players.
输掉决赛对球员们来说是一次令人沮丧的经历。
grammar · medium
易错句子I felt very demoralizing after failing the exam.
正确表达I felt very demoralized after failing the exam.
英语中 -ing 形容词（如 demoralizing）表示“令人……的”，描述引起感受的事物；-ed 形容词（如 demoralized）表示“感到……的”，描述人的感受。这里主语是 I，表示人的感受，所以要用 demoralized，不能用 demoralizing。
grammar · medium
易错句子The exam result very demoralizing.
正确表达The exam result is very demoralizing.
英语中形容词作表语时，必须与系动词 be 连用。中文没有系动词，所以学习者容易漏掉 is。这里主语是单数 the exam result，所以用 is。
grammar · medium
易错句子Yesterday, the bad news demoralizing everyone.
正确表达Yesterday, the bad news demoralized everyone.
demoralizing 是形容词，不能单独作谓语动词。句子的谓语应该用动词 demoralize 的过去式 demoralized。中文里“昨天这个坏消息使大家士气低落”是一个完整的句子，但英语需要明确的动词形式。
discouraging 侧重使人泄气、打消念头，多指暂时或具体的事；demoralizing 强调打击整体士气、消磨信心，语气更重、影响更持久。
demoralized 描述人的感受，意思是（人）士气低落、灰心；demoralizing 描述引起这种感受的事物，意思是令人丧失士气。
depressing 侧重使人悲伤、情绪低落，多指环境或消息；demoralizing 侧重使人丧失斗志和信心，多指持续的压力或挫折。
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