emasculate 阉割，去势；使缺少男子气；削弱；使无力；使失去效力

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e∙mas∙cu∙late / ɪˈmæskjəˌlet ; ɪˈmæskjʊleɪt /
◙verb [T]
1. to make a man feel weaker and less male
• 使缺少男子气:
»Some men feel emasculated if they work for a woman.
  在女人手下工作，有些男人会觉得没有男子气。
2. to make someone or something weaker or less effective
• 使衰弱; 使效力减弱:
»The bill has been emasculated by Congress.
  国会削弱了这个法案的效力。
3. [medical] to remove all or part of a male's sex organs
• 阉割，去势;
【SYN】 castrate
♦emasculation / ɪˌmæskjəˈleʃən ; ɪˌmæskjʊˈleɪʃən / noun [U]


emasculate
emas·cu·late / iˈmæskjuleit /
verb
[VN] [often passive] (formal)
1. to make sb / sth less powerful or less effective
   削弱；使无力；使失去效力
2. to make a man feel that he has lost his male role or qualities
   使(男人)柔弱；使无男子气
• emas·cu·la·tion / iˌmæskjuˈleiʃn / noun [U]

emas·cu·late
/ıˈmæskjəˌleıt/ verb , -lates, -lat·ed, -lat·ing [  + obj  ]
  1 : to make (a man) feel less masculine : to deprive (a man) of his male strength, role, etc.
   He plays the role of a meek husband who has been emasculated by his domineering wife.
  2 : to make (something) weaker or less effective
   Critics charged that this change would emasculate the law.
  emas·cu·la·tion /ıˌmæskjəˈleıʃən/ noun   [  noncount  ]