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
demoralise /dɪˈmɒrəlaɪz/ TEM8
made less hopeful or enthusiastic
同义词： demoralized / discouraged / disheartened
Demoralised, the bank is also compromised.
让人沮丧的是，世行也受到牵累。
Some blame poor work by police demoralised by pay cuts.
一些人责备警察们因为薪水减少意志消沉，工作做得不好。
It was the last thing a demoralised workforce wanted to hear.
这是空客本已士气低落的员工队伍最不愿意听到的事情。
The city's teachers have been demoralised by pay cuts and a heavier teaching load.
Few contest the need to reform the demoralised, bureaucracy-plagued police and the clogged, badly run courts.
In any event, the M23 has made rapid advances against a demoralised, ill-disciplined and undersupplied Congolese army.