emasculate

emasculate
[ɪˈmaskjʊleɪt]
verb
  1. [with obj.]make (a person, idea, or piece of legislation) weaker or less effective
    使（人）无力；削弱（意见，法律）的效力
    the refusal to allow them to testify effectively emasculated the committee.
    不让他们作证有效地削弱了委员会的权力。
    ■[usu. as adj. emasculated]deprive (a man) of his male role or identity
    使无男子气
    he feels emasculated, because he cannot control his sons' behaviour.
    连自己的儿子都管不住，他觉得自己没有一点男子汉的威严。
    ■(archaic)castrate (a man or male animal)
    (古)阉割，将（男性，雄性动物）去势
    ■(Botany)remove the anthers from a flower
    (植)除去花的雄蕊
派生
emasculation
noun
emasculator
noun
emasculatory
[-lət(ə)ri]
adjective
语源
  1. early 17th cent.: from Latin emasculat- 'castrated', from the verb emasculare, from e- (variant of ex-, expressing a change of state) + masculus 'male'
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