emasculate sb/sth
本义指阉割雄性动物。
The farmer emasculated the bulls.
农夫阉割了公牛。
使衰弱;使丧失力量
emasculates — third person singular of emasculate
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
deprive of strength or vigor
剥夺男性或生殖能力;阉割。
To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld.
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
To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
花朵:去除花药。
Of a flower: to deprive of the anthers.
一般现在时
He emasculates his rivals.
他削弱他的对手。
The new policy would emasculate the agency's power to enforce safety rules.
新政策会削弱该机构执行安全规则的权力。
用法提示:此处 emasculate 作及物动词,比喻‘使丧失力量,削弱’,主语是物。
Many critics say that the edited version emasculates the original film's emotional impact.
许多批评者说,删减版削弱了原片的情感冲击力。
用法提示:emasculates 是第三人称单数形式,表达‘削弱、使变得无力’的比喻含义。
Opponents accused the committee of emasculating the proposed law before the vote.
反对者指责委员会在表决前削弱了这项拟议法律。
用法提示:emasculating 是动名词,用在 of 后,表示‘使失去效力、削弱’。
本义指阉割雄性动物。
The farmer emasculated the bulls.
农夫阉割了公牛。
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。
grammar · medium
易错句子He felt emasculate.
正确表达He felt emasculated.
英语中,动词过去分词形式才可作为形容词使用,表示‘感到被削弱’或‘感到被阉割’。‘emasculate’是动词原形,不能直接作形容词。
grammar · medium
易错句子The new law emasculated.
正确表达The new law emasculated the agency.
‘emasculate’是及物动词,必须跟宾语。不能单独使用。
castrate 特指通过手术去除睾丸的物理阉割,而 emasculate 更侧重抽象地削弱力量或气势。
weaken 强调使变弱,可指体力、效力等任何方面;而 emasculate 则带有贬义,指使失去男子气概或力量。
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