单词 | emasculate |
释义 | emasculate¹ 1.<正式>(weaken)+ person, organization削弱;使无力 The company tried to emasculate the unions.公司试图削弱工会。 measures designed to emasculate worker militancy旨在削弱工人斗争精神的措施 Left-wing dissidents have been emasculated and marginalised.左翼持不同政见者被削弱和边缘化了。 2.<正式>(make less masculine)+ man使无男子气 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, 但是他明显让女朋友给调教服帖了。 3.<正式>(castrate)+ man, male animal阉割 His father had tried to cure his promiscuity by taking a knife and emasculating him.他父亲曾试图用刀阉割他来解决他的淫乱行为。 4.【植】+ flower给…去雄 emasculate² <正式> 1.(castrated)+ man, male animal被阉割了的 2.(weakened, ineffective)+ person, organization被削弱的;柔弱的;无效果的 A fireworks display in a small London garden is an emasculate thing.在伦敦的一个小花园中进行烟火表演效果会大打折扣。 |
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