eradicate
英 /ɪˈrædɪkeɪt/ 美 /ɪˈrædɪkeɪt/
根除、消灭、杜绝
- 如果可以消灭那些单调乏味的工作，世界将会变得更加美好。
If tedious tasks could be eradicated, the world would be a much better place. - 政府声称正尽其所能根治腐败。过去几十年来他们的国家一直饱受政治腐败之苦。
The government claims to be doing all it can to eradicate corruption. Their country has been afflicted by political corruption for decades.
（拓展学习：小词详解 | eradicate）
emasculate
英 /iˈmæskjuleɪt/ 美 /iˈmæskjuleɪt/
削弱、使无力、使失去效力；使（男人）柔弱、使无男子气
- Left-wing dissidents have been emasculated and marginalised.
左派持不同政见者已经遭到削弱和排挤。 - Tosh was known to be a man who feared no-one, yet he was clearly emasculated by his girlfriend.
托什是出了名的天不怕地不怕，但是他明显被他的女朋友驯服帖了。
