vitiate

英 ['vɪʃieɪt] 美 ['vɪʃieɪt]

• v. 使败坏；损害；使失效

英英释义

Verb:

1. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality;

   "debauch the young people with wine and women"
   "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"
   "Do school counselors subvert young children?"
   "corrupt the morals"
   

2. make imperfect;

   "nothing marred her beauty"
   

3. take away the legal force of or render ineffective;

   "invalidate a contract"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. This may vitiate a literal translation.
   这就会损害直译的价值。
2. No such Variation shall vitiate this Contract.
   任何该等变更都不会造成本合同失效。

经典引文

• Lunch was a ritual vitiated by no base thoughts of nutrition.

  出自： S. Beckett

• The information that spies steal is..vitiated by the possibility that its sources are corrupt.

  出自： M. Frayn

近反义词

【近义词】

• demoralize 使士气低落
• deteriorate 恶化
• impute 归罪于
• shame 羞愧
• pervert 误用
• alloy 合金
• lower 低的
• debauch 使堕落
• corrupt 腐败的
• void 空的
• demoralise 使堕落
• deflower 使(女子)失去童贞...
• subvert 推翻
• debase 降低质量、地位或价值...
• profane 亵渎的
• invalidate 使无效
• mar 破坏
• misdirect 指错方向
• deprave 使堕落
• impair 损害
• spoil 宠坏