单词 | emasculate |
释义 | emasculate (ɪmæskjʊleɪt ) Word forms: emasculates , emasculating , emasculated 1. verb If someone or something is emasculated, they have been made weak and ineffective. [disapproval] Left-wing dissidents have been emasculated and marginalised. [be VERB-ed] The company tried to emasculate the unions. [VERB noun] The local media are emasculated by censorship. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: weaken, soften, cripple, impoverish emasculation (ɪmæskjʊleɪʃən ) uncountable noun ...the emasculation of fundamental freedoms. [+ of] 2. verb [usually passive] If a man is emasculated, he loses his male role, identity, or qualities. [disapproval] Tosh was known to be a man who feared no-one, yet he was clearly emasculated by the situation. [be VERB-ed] |
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