| 词汇 | demotivate |
| 释义 | demotivate verb[ T ] uk /ˌdiːˈməʊ.tɪ.veɪt/ us /ˌdiːˈmoʊ.t̬ə.veɪt/ to make someone less enthusiastic about a job: 使工作积极性下降，使变得消极 She was very demotivated by being told she had little chance of being promoted.当她被告知将来没有什么晋升机会后，她的上进心受到了严重的打击。 Disappointing yourself and others abjectly anticlimactic anticlimax be cracked up to be somethingidiom be one in the eye for someoneidiom blow break bubble disappointment disenchantment dishearten disheartening dishearteningly fail let the side downidiom letdown non-event not all it's cracked up to beidiom pity sick Related worddemotivating demotivate | Business Englishdemotivate verb[ T ] HRuk /ˌdiːˈməʊtɪveɪt/us to make someone feel less interested in and enthusiastic about their work: This pay package will deeply demotivate our workers. Staff are demotivated by the constant pressure of impossible goals. Comparemotivate Examples of demotivatedemotivate Care must be taken to avoid either setting goals which are unrealistically difficult, with potential to demotivate, or goals which are too easy to attain. One cannot measure the demotivating effect of such decisions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the long term, that will mean the lowering, not raising, of standards and the demotivating of many pupils. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The publication of results will cause schools and pupils who are identified as failing in comparison with others to be demotivated and undermined. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unless radically revised, the proposals for 1996–97 will have a demotivating impact on most authorities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is important therefore to motivate those children in the inner city areas who have been demotivated in the past. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This squalid squabble is demotivating people in the company from the top to the bottom. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It can demotivate staff and lead to the loss of good, experienced staff. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does it not have the further consequence of totally demotivating young male teenagers in terms of their future? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The point is that such targets can and do demotivate staff who are already working under tremendous pressure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A further serious effect is that it has demotivated employers' in their efforts to provide proper pension schemes for their staff. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The system of testing that is proposed could lead to a lowering of standards, reinforce failure and demotivate many children. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They aim for the stars and their purpose, hopes and ambitions were so blunted and demotivated that there were few businesses starting up or growing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The project workers reach out to those who have become demotivated; people who feel they have no hope. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nothing demotivates our soldiers, sailors and airmen more than the feeling that they cannot gain enough training to keep them stretched. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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