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Someone who is demoralized has already lost that courage or confidence. The fight has gone out of them. A demoralized team may still play, but they do not believe they can win. You will hear it about a person or a group: “I felt completely demoralized.” It is the past form of the verb, used like an adjective — it names the state after the damage, not the thing that caused it. Kinder everyday words are “we’ve lost heart” or “I just can’t face it,” but demoralized is the one news and bosses use. It does not mean the person has become bad or .
士氣低落的、洩氣的
組成demoralize + -ed(已經被打擊過、處於那種狀態)
同家族的字
- demoralizethe verb this form comes from
- moralethe group spirit that has been lost
- demoralizingthe cause; demoralized is the result in the person
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
demoralizedadj
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disheartened.
- The state uses universal testing to identify and elevate meritocrats, leaving most of England’s citizens poor and demoralized, without even a legitimate grievance, since, after all, who could argue that the wise should not rule?
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。