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demoralized

/dih-mawr-uh-lahyz, -mor-/US // dɪˈmɔr əˌlaɪz, -ˈmɒr- //UK // (dɪˈmɒrəˌlaɪz) //

士气低落,丧气,丧气的,士气低落的

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    de·mor·al·ized, de·mor·al·iz·ing.

    • : to deprive of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
    • : to throw into disorder or confusion; bewilder:We were so demoralized by that one wrong turn that we were lost for hours.
    • : to corrupt or undermine the morals of.

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  • China’s neighbors are not devastated and demoralized from the events of a cataclysmic war as were the countries surrounding the Soviet Union in 1946 and 1947.

  • They know this is a rotten deal and they are demoralized, running faster and faster with no hope of catching up.

  • A crisis in leadership had the Taliban demoralized and divided.

  • Motivating demoralized doctors is something that Dr. Pamela Wible, a family physician in Oregon, has some experience with.

  • Ukrainian troops are completely demoralized—there is no resistance.

  • But their supply lines were too long, and their army too small, exhausted, and demoralized to achieve its objectives.

  • And it is too true that ages of subjugation have demoralized, to a fearful extent, the Italian People.

  • Until then Anabel clung to her friend, and so did young Colton, who was far more demoralized than his wife.

  • She had found herself in a milieu that demoralized her; her mind had become like "the dyer's hand, subdued to what it worked in."

  • Morgan's men charged the scouting party, sending them through the village back to the main body in a very demoralized condition.

  • Tom, thoroughly demoralized, was already sitting in the bottom of the boat, between the general's knees.