emasculate

• vt. 閹割；使柔弱
• adj. 柔弱的；閹割了的

e-, 向外。-masc, 男人，詞源同 muscular,male. 即被閹割的。

emasculate (v.)

c. 1600, from Latin emasculatus, past participle of emasculare "castrate," from assimilated form of ex- "out, away" (see ex-) + masculus "male, manly" (see masculine). Originally and usually in a figurative sense in English. Related: Emasculated; emasculating.

1. The company tried to emasculate the unions.

公司試圖削弱工會的力量。

來自辭典例句

2. Physically, she was of a pale, emasculate and unimportant structure.

就身體上說, 她膚色蒼白, 身體柔弱,並不出色.

來自辭典例句

3. To remove the testicles of a male; geld or emasculate.

去除(雄性動物的)睾丸; 閹割或使無男子氣.

來自互聯網

4. Castrate: To remove the testicles of a male; geld or emasculate.

閹割: 去除(雄性動物的)睾丸; 閹割或使無男子氣.

來自互聯網

5. To deprive of virility or spirit; emasculate.

使喪失精力或精神; 使軟弱.

來自互聯網