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单词 demotivate
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demotivate
verb[T]
uk
/ˌdiːˈməʊ.tɪ.veɪt/us
/ˌdiːˈmoʊ.t̬ə.veɪt/
to make someone lessenthusiasticabout ajob:
使工作积极性下降，使变得消极
She was very demotivated by being told she had littlechanceof beingpromoted.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。
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demotivating
(Definition ofdemotivatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

demotivate| Business English

demotivate
verb[T]
HR
uk
/ˌdiːˈməʊtɪveɪt/us
to make someonefeellessinterestedin andenthusiasticabouttheirwork:
Thispaypackagewilldeeplydemotivateourworkers.
Staffare demotivated by theconstantpressureofimpossiblegoals.

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motivate
(Definition ofdemotivatefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdemotivate

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Care must be taken to avoid either setting goals which are unrealistically difficult, with potential todemotivate, or goals which are too easy to attain.
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One cannot measure the demotivating effect of such decisions.
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In the long term, that will mean the lowering, not raising, of standards and the demotivating of many pupils.
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The publication of results will cause schools and pupils who are identified as failing in comparison with others to be demotivated and undermined.
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Unless radically revised, the proposals for 1996–97 will have a demotivating impact on most authorities.
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It is important therefore to motivate those children in the inner city areas who have been demotivated in the past.
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This squalid squabble is demotivating people in the company from the top to the bottom.
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It candemotivatestaff and lead to the loss of good, experienced staff.
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Does it not have the further consequence of totally demotivating young male teenagers in terms of their future?
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The point is that such targets can and dodemotivatestaff who are already working under tremendous pressure.
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A further serious effect is that it has demotivated employers' in their efforts to provide proper pension schemes for their staff.
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The system of testing that is proposed could lead to a lowering of standards, reinforce failure anddemotivatemany children.
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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.
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The project workers reach out to those who have become demotivated; people who feel they have no hope.
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Nothing demotivates our soldiers, sailors and airmen more than the feeling that they cannot gain enough training to keep them stretched.
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