emasculated

英 [iˈmæskjuleɪtɪd]

美 [iˈmæskjuleɪtɪd]

v.  削弱; 使无力; 使失去效力; 使(男人)柔弱; 使无男子气
emasculate的过去分词和过去式

COCA.29286

柯林斯词典

• VERB 削弱;使势力减弱;使无效
  If someone or somethingis emasculated, they have been made weak and ineffective.
  1. Left-wing dissidents have been emasculated and marginalised...
     左派持不同政见者已经遭到削弱和排挤。
  2. The company tried to emasculate the unions...
     公司试图削弱工会的力量。
  3. Since Japan's defeat, the military has remained largely emasculated.
     自日本战败后，日本军队遭到大幅削减。
• VERB 使缺乏男子气；使柔弱
  If a manis emasculated, he loses his male role, identity, or qualities.
  1. Tosh was known to be a man who feared no-one, yet he was clearly emasculated by his girlfriend.
     托什是出了名的天不怕地不怕，但是他明显被他的女朋友驯服帖了。

英英释义

adj

• (of a male animal) having the testicles removed
  1. a cut horse
  Synonym:cutgelded

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