Англо-русский словарь - demoralize
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Перевод с английского языка demoralize на русский
demoralize
v.
1) деморализовать
2) подрывать дисциплину, вносить дезорганизацию Syn: see upset
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1.
1. деморализовать, развращать 2. деморализовать; подрывать дисциплину; дезорганизовать to demoralize an army —- деморализовать армию ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
2.
v.tr. (also -ise) 1 destroy (a person's) morale; make hopeless. 2 archaic corrupt (a person's) morals. Derivatives demoralization n. demoralizing adj. demoralizingly adv. Etymology: F d{eacute}moraliser (as DE-, MORAL) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
transitive verb Date: circa 1793 1. to corrupt the morals of 2. a. to weaken the morale of ; discourage, dispirit b. to upset or destroy the normal functioning of c. to throw into disorder • demoralization noun • ~r noun • demoralizingly adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
4.
(demoralizes, demoralizing, demoralized) Note: in BRIT, also use 'demoralise' If something demoralizes someone, it makes them lose so much confidence in what they are doing that they want to give up. Clearly, one of the objectives is to demoralize the enemy troops in any way they can. VERB: V n • demoralized The ship’s crew were now exhausted and utterly demoralized. ADJ ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
also -ise BrE v to reduce or destroy someone's courage or confidence (Such a move would undermine standards in schools and demoralize teachers.) - demoralized adj (Defeated and demoralized, the protesters made their way home.) - demoralizing adj (a series of demoralizing failures) - demoralization n (widespread demoralization in the police force) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- c.1793, "to corrupt the morals of," from Fr. demoraliser, from de- "remove" + moral (adj.) (see moral). Sense of "lower the morale of" (especially of armies) is first recorded 1848. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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