neuter

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. 我們要求大眾閹割自家的狗，并對(duì)它們進(jìn)行緊密監(jiān)視。

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(quán)的“隱秘議程”。

Their air force had been neutered before the work began. 在行動(dòng)開(kāi)始之前，他們空軍部隊(duì)的戰(zhàn)斗力就已經(jīng)被瓦解了。