
英:/'ɪˈmæskjuleɪt/ 美:/'ɪˈmæskjuleɪt/
过去式:emasculated 过去分词:emasculated 现在分词:emasculating 第三人称单数:emasculates
GRE
vt. 阉割;使柔弱
adj. 柔弱的;阉割了的
The next step in the experiment was to emasculate the stamens.
实验的下一步是为花蕊去雄。
He tried to emasculate his compe*****s by spreading rumors.
他试图散布谣言以削弱竞争对手的势力。
I had my cat emasculated by a vet.
我让兽医给我的猫做了阉割手术。
To deprive of virility or spirit; emasculate.
使丧失精力或精神;使软弱。
But God, He is apparently very sturdy, but why He always makes people feel that He is so emasculate.
可是神,他明明那么雄壮,可为什么常常让人觉得柔柔弱弱的。
In a devastating ruling, the judge accused Taitz of trying to emasculate the military in a way that would leave this country defenceless.
在一对其进行致命打击的裁决中,法官指控泰特茨试图“阉割军队”,而这种方式将“使这个国家失去防卫能力”。
The dodgy recruitment drive is the latest phase of a campaign to emasculate Mr Yushchenko, which began at the start of the unlikely cohabitation of the two Viktors.
在两个不一样的维克多并存开始,对尤先科的限制一直在进行,最近阶段的活动是招募人员来现在限制尤先科。
This week some 6,000 of them descended on Paris for their annual congress, jeering a speech by francois Fillon, the prime minister, and denouncing an effort to emasculate local power.
本周,其中6,000名一起来到巴黎参加每年一度的国会,会上,他们奚落首相francois Fillon的演讲,谴责他在剥夺地方权力上所做的努力。
vt.|caponize/evirate;阉割;使柔弱
adj.|female/sybaritic;柔弱的;阉割了的
"Emasculate" 是一个动词,源于拉丁语 emasculatus(由前缀 e-(去除)和 masculus(雄性)组成),其核心含义包含两层:
生物学/医学层面的阉割
指通过手术或化学手段去除雄性动物的睾丸或生殖功能。例如在畜牧业中,为控制动物繁殖或改善肉质,可能对公牛实施去势手术(来源:Merriam-Webster)。
社会或抽象概念的削弱
用于比喻事物失去力量、活力或威慑性,例如:"The new policy emasculated the original legislation, reducing its enforcement power"(新政策削弱了原法案的效力,降低了执法力度)。这种用法常见于政治、经济或文化领域的分析(来源:Oxford Learner's Dictionaries)。
该词在语言学研究中被归类为"语义扩展"的典型案例,从具体生理行为延伸至抽象概念弱化。现代英文中第二种用法更为普遍,但需注意语境敏感性,避免在涉及性别议题时产生歧义(来源:Cambridge Dictionary)。
单词解释:emasculate
(以下内容综合了多个权威词典的释义,主要参考、、、等网页)
动词(及物动词)
"The veterinarian emasculated the bull to make it more docile."
"The new law was emasculated by excessive compromises."
形容词(过去分词形式 emasculated)
"He felt emasculated after losing his job."
如需更多例句或用法细节,可参考爱词霸在线词典(来源3、5、9)或新东方词典(来源8)。
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