emasculate /ɪˈmæskjʊˌleɪt/ ( emasculating, emasculated, emasculates )

• 1. 

  V-T If someone or something is emasculated, they have been made weak and ineffective. 削弱; 使无效 [表不满]

  例：

  Left-wing dissidents have been emasculated and marginalized.

  左翼持不同政见者已遭削弱并被边缘化。

  例：

  The company tried to emasculate the unions.

  该公司试图削弱工会的力量。

  例：

  Since Japan's defeat, the military has remained largely emasculated.

  自日本战败后，其军队力量已是大势已去。

• 2. 

  emasculation N-UNCOUNT

  例：

  ...the emasculation of fundamental freedoms.

  ...对基本自由权利的削弱。

• 3. 

  V-T If a man is emasculated, he loses his male role, identity, or qualities. 使无男子气 [usu passive] [表不满]

  例：

  No man here is emasculated by his high-achieving wife.

  这里的男人并没有被他们强势的妻子削弱其男子气概。