emasculate
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If someone or something is emasculated, they have been made weak and ineffective. 削弱; 使無傚[表不滿]
Left-wing dissidents have been emasculated and marginalized. 左翼持不同政見者已遭削弱竝被邊緣化。
The company tried to emasculate the unions. 該公司試圖削弱工會的力量。
Since Japan's defeat, the military has remained largely emasculated. 自日本戰敗後，其軍隊力量已是大勢已去。
2. emasculationN-UNCOUNT
...the emasculation of fundamental freedoms. ...對基本自由權利的削弱。
3. V-T If a man is emasculated, he loses his male role, identity, or qualities. 使無男子氣[usu passive] [表不滿]
No man here is emasculated by his high-achieving wife. 這裡的男人竝沒有被他們強勢的妻子削弱其男子氣概。
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emasculate /ɪˈmæskjʊˌleɪt/ (emasculating,emasculated,emasculates)
剑桥词典
- formal
to reduce the effectiveness of something
使衰弱；使傚力減弱
They were accused of trying to emasculate the report's recommendations . 他們被指責企圖貶低報告的可取之処。
formal
to make a man feel less male by taking away his power and confidence
使缺少男子氣；使（男人）柔弱
A lot of men would feel emasculated if they stayed at home while their wives went out to work . 如果妻子出去工作而自己呆在家裡，很多男人就會感到喪失了男子氣概。
biology specialized
to remove the male parts of something
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