emancipate

• vt. 解放；释放

e-, 向外。-man,手，见manual. -cip, 拿，握，控制，见captive, capture. 即松手的。

emancipate

emancipate: [17] Despite modern associations with women’s liberation, emancipate has no etymological connection with man. It comes from Latin ēmancipāre, which meant originally ‘free from parental power’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix ex- ‘out of’ and mancipium ‘ownership’, and referred in Roman law to the freeing of a son from the legal authority of the male head of the family, thus making him responsible for himself in law. Mancipium (source of the archaic English noun manciple ‘steward, purveyor’ [13]) was ultimately a compound noun formed from manus ‘hand’ (as in English manual) and capere ‘take’ (as in English captive and capture).

The association of the verb with the ‘freeing of slaves’, the basis of the present English meanings, is a modern development.
=> captive, capture, manciple, manual

emancipate (v.)

1620s, "set free from control," from Latin emancipatus, past participle of emancipare "put (a son) out of paternal authority, declare (someone) free, give up one's authority over," in Roman law, the freeing of a son or wife from the legal authority (patria potestas) of the pater familias, to make his or her own way in the world; from assimilated form of ex- "out, away" (see ex-) + mancipare "deliver, transfer or sell," from mancipum "ownership," from manus "hand" (see manual (adj.)) + capere "take" (see capable). Related: Emancipated; emancipating.

Not used by the Romans in reference to the freeing of slaves, the verb for this being manumittere. The English word was adopted in the jargon of the cause of religious toleration (17c.), then anti-slavery (1776). Also used in reference to women who free themselves from conventional customs (1850).

1. This new machine will emancipate us from the hard work.

这部新机器将把我们从繁重劳动中解放出来.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2. To emancipate all mankind, we will balk at no sacrifice . even that of our lives.

为了全人类的解放, 即使牺牲生命也在所不惜.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3. We must emancipate our thinking in a bold way.

我们必须大胆解放思想.

来自辞典例句

4. This new machine will emancipate us from all the hard work.

这台新机器将使我们从繁重的劳作中解脱出来.

来自辞典例句

5. We must overcome superstitions and emancipate the mind.

我们必须破除迷信,解放思想.

来自辞典例句