emasculate
英[iˈmæskjuleɪt]
美[ɪˈmæskjəˌlet]
例句
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
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VERB
削弱;使势力减弱;使无效
If someone or something is emasculated, they have been made weak and ineffective.
例句
Left-wing dissidents have been emasculated and marginalised...
左派持不同政见者已经遭到削弱和排挤。
The company tried to emasculate the unions...
公司试图削弱工会的力量。
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VERB
使缺乏男子气;使柔弱
If a man is emasculated, he loses his male role, identity, or qualities.
例句
Tosh was known to be a man who feared no-one, yet he was clearly emasculated by his girlfriend.
托什是出了名的天不怕地不怕,但是他明显被他的女朋友驯服帖了。
英英词典释义
Verb
1. deprive of strength or vigor;
"The Senate emasculated the law"2. remove the testicles of a male animal
Adjective
1. having unsuitable feminine qualities