demoralize
v 使士气消沉（de去掉+morale士气+ize→去掉士气）
释义2：
demoralize
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◙ (也作 -ise), verb, [with obj.] 1. [usu. asadj. demoralized] cause (someone) to lose confidence or hope; dispirit • 使丧失士气，使气馁 »the changes leave managers angry and demoralized. 这些变化让经理们又气愤又沮丧。2. (archaic)corrupt the morals of (someone)• [古] 使堕落，使腐化【派生】
♦ demoralization noun♦ demoralizing adjective♦ demoralizingly adverb【语源】
1. late 18th cent.: from French démoraliser (a word of the French Revolution), from dé- (expressing reversal) + moral 'moral', from Latin moralis
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