emasculate
/ɪˈmæskjʊleɪt/verb
with obj.
1- make (a person, idea, or piece of legislation) weaker or less effective使（人）无力; 使（意见, 法律）失去效力; 削弱：
the refusal to allow them to testify effectively emasculated the committee.
不让他们作证有效地削弱了委员会。
1.1
- usu. as adj. emasculated deprive (a man) of his male role or identity使无男子气：
he feels emasculated, because he cannot control his sons' behaviour.
连自己的儿子都管不住, 他觉得自己没有一点男子气。
1.2
- archaic castrate (a man or male animal)〈古〉阉割, 将（男性, 雄性动物）去势。
1.3
- Botany remove the anthers from a flower【植】使去雄（蕊）。
派生词
emasculation
nounemasculator
nounemasculatory
/-lətərɪ/ adjective词源
early 17th cent.: from Latin emasculat - 'castrated', from the verb emasculare, from e- （variant of ex -, expressing a change of state） + masculus 'male'.