长时间的失业让他在家中感到男子气概受损。

Long-term unemployment made him feel emasculated in his family.

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Long-term unemployment made him feel emasculated in his family.

emasculated 是动词 emasculate 的过去分词形式。emasculate 由前缀 e-(表示"去除")和词根 mascul(来自拉丁语 masculus,意为"男性的")加上动词后缀 -ate 组成,字面意思是"去除男性特质"。在句中表示被动含义,指"被削弱男子气概"或"感到阳刚之气受损"的状态。

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