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emasculate

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vt.阉割,使柔弱,删削,使无力 adj.阉割了的,柔弱的

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emasculate为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

形容词:emasculative 动词过去式:emasculated 过去分词:emasculated 现在分词:emasculating 第三人称单数:emasculates 名词:emascula-tion

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emasculate


/ɪ'mæskjʊleɪt; ɪ`mæskjə,let/
v [Tn] (fml 文)
1 remove the sexual organs of (a male animal); castrate 使(某雄性动物)去势; 阉割.
2 deprive (sb/sth) of force or strength; weaken 使(某人[某事物])失去力量; 削弱
*an emasculated law 被削弱了的法律.

emasculate


v [T]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin;Origin: emasculatus, past participle of emasculare, from masculus 'male']
to make a man feel weaker and less male
 Some men feel emasculated if they work for a woman.
to make someone or something weaker or less effective
 The bill has been emasculated by Congress.
medical to remove all or part of a male's sex organs
= castrate
>emasculation [ɪ,mæskjʊ'leɪʃən/