emancipate

• vt. 解放；釋放

e-, 向外。-man,手，見manual. -cip, 拿，握，控製，見captive, capture. 即鬆手的。

emancipate

emancipate: [17] Despite modern associations with women’s liberation, emancipate has no etymological connection with man. It comes from Latin ēmancipāre, which meant originally ‘free from parental power’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix ex- ‘out of’ and mancipium ‘ownership’, and referred in Roman law to the freeing of a son from the legal authority of the male head of the family, thus making him responsible for himself in law. Mancipium (source of the archaic English noun manciple ‘steward, purveyor’ [13]) was ultimately a compound noun formed from manus ‘hand’ (as in English manual) and capere ‘take’ (as in English captive and capture).

The association of the verb with the ‘freeing of slaves’, the basis of the present English meanings, is a modern development.
=> captive, capture, manciple, manual

emancipate (v.)

1620s, "set free from control," from Latin emancipatus, past participle of emancipare "put (a son) out of paternal authority, declare (someone) free, give up one's authority over," in Roman law, the freeing of a son or wife from the legal authority (patria potestas) of the pater familias, to make his or her own way in the world; from assimilated form of ex- "out, away" (see ex-) + mancipare "deliver, transfer or sell," from mancipum "ownership," from manus "hand" (see manual (adj.)) + capere "take" (see capable). Related: Emancipated; emancipating.

Not used by the Romans in reference to the freeing of slaves, the verb for this being manumittere. The English word was adopted in the jargon of the cause of religious toleration (17c.), then anti-slavery (1776). Also used in reference to women who free themselves from conventional customs (1850).

1. This new machine will emancipate us from the hard work.

這部新機器將把我們從繁重勞動中解放出來.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

2. To emancipate all mankind, we will balk at no sacrifice . even that of our lives.

為了全人類的解放, 即使犧牲生命也在所不惜.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

3. We must emancipate our thinking in a bold way.

我們必須大膽解放思想.

來自辭典例句

4. This new machine will emancipate us from all the hard work.

這台新機器將使我們從繁重的勞作中解脫出來.

來自辭典例句

5. We must overcome superstitions and emancipate the mind.

我們必須破除迷信,解放思想.

來自辭典例句