"demoralising" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 令人洩氣的
• 令人沮喪的

Definition

讓人失去信心、希望或動力，特別是在失敗或失望之後。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

‘Demoralising’ 是正式用詞，常用來描述使人失去動力或士氣的事物，如失敗、批評等。常見如 'demoralising defeat'（令人沮喪的失敗）。不用來直接描述人（描述人的狀態用 'demoralised'）。

Examples

Losing the game was demoralising for the whole team.

輸掉比賽對全隊來說是**令人洩氣的**。

It can be very demoralising to study hard and still fail the test.

努力學習卻還是沒通過考試，非常**令人沮喪**。

Negative comments can be demoralising for new employees.

消極評論對新員工來說很**令人洩氣**。

Getting rejected from my dream job was so demoralising I almost gave up.

夢想工作的拒信真的太**令人沮喪**，我差點放棄了。

It’s demoralising to see all your hard work go unnoticed.

看到自己所有的努力都沒人注意，真的很**令人沮喪**。

That kind of constant criticism is just plain demoralising.

那種持續的批評真的是太**令人沮喪**了。