emasculate
verb /ɪˈmæskjuleɪt/
/ɪˈmæskjuleɪt/
[often passive] (formal)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they emasculate | /ɪˈmæskjuleɪt/ /ɪˈmæskjuleɪt/ |
| he / she / it emasculates | /ɪˈmæskjuleɪts/ /ɪˈmæskjuleɪts/ |
| past simple emasculated | /ɪˈmæskjuleɪtɪd/ /ɪˈmæskjuleɪtɪd/ |
| past participle emasculated | /ɪˈmæskjuleɪtɪd/ /ɪˈmæskjuleɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form emasculating | /ɪˈmæskjuleɪtɪŋ/ /ɪˈmæskjuleɪtɪŋ/ |
- emasculate somebody/something to make somebody/something less powerful or less effective
削弱；使无力；使失去效力 - emasculate somebody to make a man feel that he has lost his male role or qualities
使（男人）柔弱；使无男子气 - He felt emasculated by her dominance.
他觉得被她的统治削弱了。
- He felt emasculated by her dominance.
词源early 17th cent.: from Latin emasculat- ‘castrated’, from the verb emasculare, from e- (variant of ex-, expressing a change of state) + masculus ‘male’.