emasculated [
ɪ'mæskjə`letɪd]
a. 去势的, 被阉割的, 柔弱的
- The Senate emasculated the law.
参议院使这项法律变得无效。 - The French Socialist and Communist literature was thus completely emasculated.
法国的社会主义和共产主义的文献就这样被完全阉割了。 - No one who has been emasculated by crushing or cutting may enter the assembly of the LORD.
1 凡外肾受伤的,或被阉割的,不可入耶和华的会。
emasculated[ adj ]
(of a male animal) having the testicles removed
<adj.all>
a cut horse
Emasculate \E*mas"cu*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Emasculated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Emasculating}.] [L. emasculare; e + masculus
male, masculine. See {Male} masculine.]
1. To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate
power; to castrate; to geld.
2. To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to
render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
Luxury had not emasculated their minds. --V. Knox.
emasculated \emasculated\ adj.
1. having the testicles removed; -- of a male animal.
Syn: cut, gelded, sexless.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. deprived of virility, vigor, or manly character.
[PJC]
- It was nearly emasculated by a backbench revolt.
- The next step is to demonstrate that the sheer weight of the controversy has not emasculated him.
- It's also easier to cap wages to ensure export competitiveness when labor unions are emasculated.
- It was because I was part of a primitive world where men still had to kill in order to avoid being killed, or in order to avoid having their loved nation stricken and emasculated." A memorial service is scheduled for Wednesday at the air base chapel.