"emasculate" in Chinese (Simplified)
阉割削弱（比喻）
Definition
去除男性的生育能力（阉割），或者更常用于比喻，让某人或团体感到软弱、无力或不再有男子气概。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
正式含义是阉割，但更常用于比喻“让人失去力量或权威”。用于描述男性弱化时有强烈感情色彩，甚至冒犯。常见表达有“emasculate a man”、“feel emasculated”、“emasculated by”。通常只在正式或严肃讨论时用，不适合日常随意场合。
Examples
The law sought to emasculate the king's power.
这项法律试图**削弱**国王的权力。
Some people fear that new rules will emasculate the traditional system.
有些人担心新规则会**削弱**传统体系。
The procedure will emasculate the animal so it cannot reproduce.
这个手术将**阉割**这只动物，使其无法繁殖。
He felt emasculated when he lost his job and couldn't provide for his family.
他失业后无法养家，感到自己被**削弱**了。
Some comedies make jokes about men feeling emasculated by their partners.
有些喜剧会拿男人被伴侣**削弱**来开玩笑。
The reforms could emasculate the entire department if not implemented carefully.
如果改革不谨慎，可能会**削弱**整个部门。