Word · Frequency #32775
emasculates
/iˈmæskjuleit/
verb
使衰弱；使丧失力量
emasculates is the third person singular of emasculate.
核心释义
deprive of strength or vigor
- 1.
剥夺男性或生殖能力；阉割。
To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld.
- 2.
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.
- 3.
花朵:去除花药。
Of a flower: to deprive of the anthers.
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
用法In use
The new policy would emasculate the agency's power to enforce safety rules.
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.
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.
用法提示：emasculating 是动名词，用在 of 后，表示‘使失去效力、削弱’。
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。
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词族Word family
- emasculates
- third person singular
- emasculated
- past, past participle
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