英和和英

語源

From French démoraliser

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /dɪˈmɒɹəlaɪz/

動詞

demoralize (三人称単数 現在形 demoralizes, 現在分詞 demoralizing, 過去形および過去分詞形 demoralized) (transitive, 米国用法 spelling, Oxford 英国用法 English)

1. To destroy the morale of; to dishearten.
2. (dated) To erode the moral adherence of; to corrupt.
   • 1913, Carl Schurz, Speeches, correspondence and political papers of Carl Schurz, volume IV, To Henry C. Bowen, August 6th, 1884, page 272:

     The election of a man like Mr. Blaine would be such an encouragement to the base and rapacious impulses apt to govern the conduct of politicians, it would so demoralize the public mind and open the floodgates of corruption so wide, that it is no exaggeration to say the success of our free institutions is at stake.

   • 1912, George Bernard Shaw, “Jesus not a Proselytist”, in Androcles and the Lion, preface:

     [I]f you convert a man brought up in another creed, you inevitably demoralize him.