adj.削弱某人的自信或精神的；使士气低落的

动词demoralize的现在分词形式.

Lord Henry, you are quite delightful and dreadfully demoralizing. 亨利勋爵，你很讨人喜欢，而且把道德讲得一文不值。

Rousseau's intellectual influence was on the whole demoralizing. 总的说来，卢梭给人在思想上的影响是伤风败俗的。

These practices had a demoralizing effect on UNRRA workers. 这种恶劣行径使“联总”工作人员大为沮丧。

Leaving a job that promised so much can be demoralizing. 离开一份看来很有前途的工作是一个很大的打击；

The same is true for demoralizing shout and thunderclap. 挫锐怒叫和雷霆一击也是如此。