demoralise

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网络  使道德败坏

现在分词：demoralising　过去分词：demoralised　过去式：demoralised　

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英英释义

verb

• lower someone's spirits
  1. These news depressed her
  2. The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her
  Synonym:depressdejectcast downget downdismaydispiritdemoralize
• corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
  1. debauch the young people with wine and women
  2. Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
  3. Do school counselors subvert young children?
  4. corrupt the morals
  Synonym:corruptpervertsubvertdemoralizedebauchdebaseprofanevitiatedepravemisdirect

双语例句

• When setting club competition bonuses, a low bonus may save the club a lot of money, but it may also upset or demoralise your players.
  少量的比赛奖金固然可以减少俱乐部开支，但是会影响到球队的士气和进取心。
• A loss in North Rhine-Westphalia would demoralise the new government and erase its majority in the Bundesrat, the upper house.
  北威州若失利，新政府会士气大跌，也会抹消其在上议院联邦参议院占多数的席位优势。
• In the 1930s the US needed expansionary policies to counter the depression but worried that moving too aggressively would demoralise markets and destabilise the dollar.
  上世纪30年代，美国需要扩张性政策来抵御萧条，但又担心过度的举措会挫伤市场，并动摇美元汇率。
• Political systems based on the distribution of rent demoralise people. Political regimes based on free competition motivate people.
  建立在租金分配基础上的政治制度使人民消沉，而建立在自由竞争基础上的政治体制让人民充满动力。
• British diplomats say that Russian support for a UN resolution, or even its abstention, would demoralise the Assad regime with whom Moscow has close links.
  英国外交官表示，如果俄罗斯能对这项联合国决议投赞成票、哪怕是弃权票，都会让阿萨德政权的锐气受挫&该政权与莫斯科方面关系密切。