Failure can demotivate students.

失败会挫伤学生的积极性。

Did it motivate or demotivate you?

那将激励你奋发图强还是让你变得消极厌世呢？

Not because they are bad people, but because they do certain things that may demotivate us, hurt our feelings or rub our ego the wrong way.

这不是因为他们是坏人，而是因为他们做的某些事可能会让我们失去动力、伤害我们的感情或者磨灭了我们的自我意识。

In these situations, pay forperformance can often seem unfair and arbitrary, and the result can demotivate, rather thanmotivate, employees.

在这种情况下，根据业绩支付薪酬经常显得不公平而随意，结果反而会打消员工的积极性，而不是激励他们。

In these situations, pay for performance can often seem unfair and arbitrary, and the result can demotivate, rather than motivate, employees.

在这种情况下，根据业绩支付薪酬经常显得不公平而随意，结果反而会打消员工的积极性，而不是激励他们。

Inequality, on the other hand, would be more likely to demotivate people because they would know that the odds of success were stacked in favour of those from privileged backgrounds.

不平等，另一方面，将更有可能使失去动力的人，因为他们知道成功的几率是堆叠的特权背景。