demoralised v. (使)丧失士气,气馁(demoralise 的过去式及过去分词,demoralise 等于 demoralize)
adj. 沮丧的
- They may become demoralised, a few will become depressed and too many of the young may turn delinquent.
他们会丧失信心,少部分人因此抑郁,许多年轻人则会转向犯罪。 - The raid left the force, in the words of one policeman, "demoralised and looking like we could not take a bullet".
用一位警察的话说,这次袭击使军队“士气低落,看上去好像我们不堪一击。” - ONE of the beguiling paradoxes of American politics is that a night of triumphs for the most conservative Republicans can breathe fresh hope into the hearts of demoralised Democrats.
在美国政界有一个有趣的悖论,即最保守的共和党的成功之夜,能给士气低落的民主党心中注入新的希望。
demoralised[ adj ]
made less hopeful or enthusiastic
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desperate demoralized people looking for workfelt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem
the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest