| 释义 |
demotivate, v.|diːˈməʊtɪveɪt|
[f. de- II. 1 + motivate v. trans.]
To cause (someone) to lose motivation; to (tend to) deprive of the stimulus or incentive to continue a course of action, etc. Also absol.
1976Dun's Rev. Nov. 42/3 Many boards today are taking a considerable interest in seeing that a line of succession is established that will not demotivate the forty-year-old tigers. 1978Times 7 Nov. 4 The present tax laws demotivated people and drove them out of the country. 1981Tablet 5 Dec. 1194/1 Its power to demotivate. 1984Times 17 Dec. 21/3 The prospect of three years study not being appreciated by employers can demotivate one. 1986Financial Times 2 Dec. 11/2 Financial rewards for good teachers would mean an artificial quota of allowances which would be ‘a sure way to demotivate those who are not deemed to be ‘good’’.
Hence deˈmotivating pred. a.; demotiˈvation, the condition or fact of being demotivated; loss of motivation.
1977Times 1 June 21 A study in managerial demotivation is provided by a survey of over 500 executives. 1981Tablet 5 Dec. 1194/2 The thought of doing so is..demotivating. 1986Times 30 July 11/6 You ask..whether it is necessarily demotivating for an under-secretary in, say, the Scottish Office, to receive less than an under-secretary responsible for the VAT empire. 1986Financial Times 12 Dec. 14/8 Both companies admit that sustained concentration on their quality problems led to demotivation and demoralisation, as more and more inadequacies were unearthed. |