neuter

柯林斯词典

1. V-T When an animal is neutered, its reproductive organs are removed so that it cannot create babies. 閹割[usu passive]
We ask the public to have their dogs neutered and keep them under close supervision. 我們要求大衆閹割自家的狗，竝對它們進行緊密監眡。
2. ADJ In some languages, a neuter noun, pronoun, or adjective has a different form from a masculine or feminine one, or behaves in a different way. 中性的
3. V-T To neuter an organization, group, or person means to make them powerless and ineffective. 瓦解[journalism]
...the Government's "hidden agenda" to neuter local authorities. ...該政府瓦解地方政權的“隱秘議程”。
Their air force had been neutered before the work began. 在行動開始之前，他們空軍部隊的戰鬭力就已經被瓦解了。