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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
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使衰弱；使丧失力量
deprive of strength or vigor
The farmer emasculated the bulls.
农夫阉割了公牛。
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.
emasculate
Base
原形
emasculates
3rd person
第三人称单数
emasculating
-ing
现在分词
emasculated
Past
过去式
emasculated
Past participle
过去分词
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。
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。
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。
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。
Not this
He felt emasculate.
Use this
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。
Not this
The new law emasculated.
Use this
The new law emasculated the agency.
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