Word · Frequency #32775
emasculate
/iˈmæskjuleit/
verb
使衰弱；使丧失力量
deprive of strength or vigor
- 1.
To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld.
剥夺男性或生殖能力；阉割。
- 2.
To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
剥夺男性的活力或精神；削弱；使柔弱；因缺乏男子气概而损害
- 3.
Of a flower: to deprive of the anthers.
花朵:去除花药。
阉割；去势；剥夺男性或生殖能力；阉割。；剥夺男性的活力或精神；削弱；使柔弱；因缺乏男子气概而损害；花朵:去除花药。；阉割
In use
The new policy would emasculate the agency's power to enforce safety rules.
Many critics say that the edited version emasculates the original film's emotional impact.
Opponents accused the committee of emasculating the proposed law before the vote.
emasculate sb/sth
本义指阉割雄性动物。
The farmer emasculated the bulls.
农夫阉割了公牛。
be emasculated by sb/sth
常用于比喻义，表示被剥夺力量或效力。
The legislation was emasculated by corporate lobbyists.
该立法被企业游说者削弱了。
Verb forms
base emasculate · third person emasculates · -ing emasculating · past emasculated · past participle emasculated
Common mistakes
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Confusing words
Word family
- emasculates
- third person singular
- emasculated
- past, past participle
- emasculating
- present participle
Learner notes
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