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

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 demoralise


• VERB 使士气低落;使失去信心;使泄气
  If somethingdemoralizessomeone, it makes them lose so much confidence in what they are doing that they want to give up.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。