demoralizing

英 [dɪˈmɒrəlaɪzɪŋ]

美 [dɪˈmɔːrəlaɪzɪŋ]

adj.  令人士气低落的;使人泄气的
v.  使泄气; 使意志消沉; 使士气低落
demoralize的现在分词

现在分词：demoralizing　

BNC.41611 / COCA.32819

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 demoralising


• ADJ-GRADED 令人士气低落的;使人泄气的
  If something isdemoralizing, it makes you lose so much confidence in what you are doing that you want to give up.
  1. Redundancy can be a demoralising prospect...
     面临裁员可能会令士气低落。
  2. Persistent disapproval or criticism can be highly demoralizing.
     一再的否定和批评可能会对信心造成严重打击。

英英释义

adj

• destructive of morale and self-reliance
  Synonym:demoralisingdishearteningdispiriting

双语例句

• Demoralizing as it is for job hunters, leaving people hanging is bad for companies too.
  让人干等着不仅会影响求职者的情绪，对公司也没好处。
• Sunder armor is the same amount of hate per application, regardless of how many sunders are already on. The same is true for demoralizing shout and thunderclap.
  每次破甲产生的仇恨完全一致，无论已经打上了几次。挫锐怒叫和雷霆一击也是如此。
• Professor Susan Men dus, an English scholar call it "demoralizing education", whose emergence has profound social causes.
  英国学者曼德斯教授称之为“去道德化的教育”。
• Persistent disapproval or criticism can be highly demoralizing.
  一再的否定和批评可能会对信心造成严重打击。
• The same is true for demoralizing shout and thunderclap.
  挫锐怒叫和雷霆一击也是如此。
• In addition, this approach tends to be demoralizing for employees; their role is simply that of "order follower", and they often feel little sense of ownership of their work.
  另外，这一方式也会挫伤员工的士气；他们的角色仅仅是”命令执行者“，他们常感受不到对工作归属感。
• Curse of Weakness no longer stacks with Demoralizing Shout or Demoralizing Roar.
  虚弱诅咒不再与挫志怒吼或挫志咆哮重叠。
• It's demoralizing to work for someone who constantly finds fault with you.
  为不断找茬儿的人干活令人泄气。
• Battle Shout, Commanding Shout, and possibly Demoralizing Shout will work more like the death knight's Horn of Winter ability.
  战斗怒吼、命令怒吼，有可能包括挫志怒吼会像死亡骑士的寒冬号角技能那样工作。
• Nutritionist and behavior therapist Mary believes that these results may be the kick in the right direction that some people need help to control demoralizing eating habits.
  营养学家兼行为理疗师玛丽认为，这些调查结果将开启一个正确的认识方向，即一些人需要帮助来控制她们的不良饮食习惯。