英 [dɪˈmɒrəlaɪzɪŋ] 美 [dɪˈmɔːrəlaɪzɪŋ]
adj. 令人泄气的
v. 使无斗志；使堕落（demoralize 的 ing 形式）
demoralizing /dɪˈmɒrəˌlaɪzɪŋ/
形容词 If something is demoralizing, it makes you lose so much confidence in what you are doing that you want to give up. 使人泄气的
Losing their star player was another demoralizing blow for the team.
对球队来说，失去一名主力球员是又一个挫伤锐气的打击。
destructive of morale and self-reliance
同义词： demoralising / disheartening / dispiriting
... unsettling 使人不安的 demoralizing 削弱某人的自信或精神的... intimidating 威胁的 ...
... Whimper 啜泣 Demoralizing 使丧失信心的 Fatuous 愚昧的 ...
demoralized 士气低落的；泄气的
demoralization 堕落；道德败坏；士气低落
demoralized 使士气低落；使陷入混乱状态；使堕落（demoralize的过去分词）
demoralize 使道德败坏；使堕落；使士气低落
Losing their star player was another demoralizing blow for the team.
对球队来说，失去一名主力球员是又一个挫伤锐气的打击。
For example, they are hugely demoralizing for teams.
例如，工作团队士气十分低落。
Coming here has been the most demoralizing experience of my life.
到这里来是一生中最令我丧失信心的经历。
And people,well-meaning people, would send him the Daily Californian and stuff like that and he'd find out about all the protests and the riots, and it was really demoralizing.
VOA : standard.2010.05.31
In fact, if you know him at the top of his game, it's closer to demoralizing.
The fallout from these misfires can be demoralizing, straining internal relationships and too often destroying careers.
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It was the guests who unnerved me they were the most demoralizing collection of individuals I've ever encountered.