1. While the researchers assumed that the well-structured daily plans would be most effective when it came to the execution of tasks, they were wrong: the detailed daily plans demotivated students. 虽然研究人员认为，当涉及到执行任务时，规划很好的日常计划是最有效的，但他们错了，详细的日常计划会让学生失去动力。
2. "Your team is demotivated" : a lack of adequate face time with their Product Owner causing the team to lose motivation. “你的团队在敷衍塞责”：缺少跟产品负责人面对面的沟通，团队缺少动力。
3. Our staff is demotivated and we need your support to ensure that they start coming to work and our health system is revived. 我们的医务人员很消极，我们需要援助来确保他们开展工作和恢复我们的卫生系统。
4. The next time you start yawning or feeling sluggish and demotivated, take some deep breaths that you can feel all the way to your stomach. 下一次你开始打哈欠或是感觉思考迟缓，变消极的时候，深呼吸几下，你一定感觉得到气息直达你的腹部。
5. If employees find their jobs too boring, they will soon become demotivated and leave, and finding replacements is time-consuming and costly. 如果员工感觉自己的工作过于无聊，他们很快就会垂头丧气并且离开公司，而公司寻找新人接替耗资又耗时。
