eviscerate

/ɪˈvɪsəreɪt/ (bre, ipa) · /ɪˈvɪsəreɪt/ (ame, ipa) · /i-ˈvi-sə-ˌrāt/ (ame, mw)

eviscerate — 動詞

  • evisceratepresent simple I / you / we / they
  • eviscerateshe / she / it
  • evisceratedpast simple
  • eviscerating-ing form

1. to leave a plan, system, or idea with almost none of the force or value that mad

1.動詞及物C2
釋義

掏空；閹割

把原有力量或核心內容大幅抽掉

to leave a plan, system, or idea with almost none of the force or value that made it useful before.

例句

The budget cuts eviscerated the library program before it reached rural schools.

預算刪減把圖書館計畫幾乎掏空，使它還沒推到偏鄉學校就失去作用。

formal use: eviscerate + public program

Critics said the new law would eviscerate worker protections across the industry.

批評者說，新法會把整個產業的勞工保障閹割掉。

common object: eviscerate protections or rights

同義詞
  • gut

    more vivid and often more informal, especially in news writing

  • strip

    more neutral, often focuses on taking away one layer or protection

  • hollow out

    suggests removing the useful inside while leaving the outer form

  • weaken

    milder because the thing may still keep more of its original power

反義詞
  • strengthen

    to make something more effective or powerful

  • preserve

    to keep the original force or value intact

文法句型

eviscerate + law/policy/institution

eviscerate + abstract noun phrase

用法筆記

Common in formal writing about laws, budgets, institutions, and public debate. The object usually still exists, but it has lost the substance or power that made it effective.

常見錯誤

❌The storm eviscerated the house.
✅The storm destroyed the house.
💡in this sense, eviscerate means stripping away force or substance, not simply breaking a physical object.

2. to cut open a dead person or animal and take out the organs inside.

2.動詞及物C2
釋義

去內臟

把死者或動物腹內的器官取出

to cut open a dead person or animal and take out the organs inside.

例句

The cook eviscerated the trout beside the river before packing it in ice.

廚師在河邊替那條鱒魚去內臟後，才把它放進冰裡。

eviscerate + animal before cooking

After the crash, doctors eviscerated the body to check the damaged organs.

車禍後，醫師把遺體去內臟，以檢查受損的器官。

formal use in an examination of a dead body

同義詞
  • gut

    the most common everyday verb, especially for fish or game

  • disembowel

    stronger and more violent, often used in crime or war contexts

  • clean

    plain cooking verb for preparing fish or birds

文法句型

eviscerate + body/animal

eviscerate + object + before cooking or examination

用法筆記

Usually refers to cutting open a dead body or animal and removing the organs inside. In ordinary conversation, speakers often choose simpler verbs such as gut or clean instead.

常見錯誤

❌The surgeon eviscerated my bad tooth.
✅The surgeon removed my bad tooth.
💡eviscerate is used for organs inside a body, not for any kind of medical removal.

3. to surgically remove a body organ from a living patient, or to clear out what is

3.動詞及物C2
釋義

切除；摘除

手術中取出器官或清掉其內容物

to surgically remove a body organ from a living patient, or to clear out what is inside an organ.

例句

The surgeon had to eviscerate the damaged eye to stop the infection.

外科醫師不得不摘除那顆受損的眼球，以阻止感染擴散。

medical use: eviscerate + organ

Doctors eviscerated the bowel after the wound cut off blood flow.

傷口切斷血流後，醫師切除了那段腸道。

同義詞
  • excise

    formal surgical verb for cutting tissue out

  • remove

    broader and less technical than eviscerate

  • extract

    often used when something is taken out carefully from inside

文法句型

eviscerate + organ

be eviscerated + during surgery

用法筆記

Used in specialist medical writing, especially for operations on organs such as the eye. Distinguish from sense 2: this sense is about surgery on a living patient, not cutting open a dead body or animal.

常見錯誤

❌The nurse eviscerated the bandage from his arm.
✅The nurse removed the bandage from his arm.
💡eviscerate in medical English is limited to organs or their contents, not ordinary objects.