vitiate
GRE,1
英['vɪʃɪeɪt]
|美['vɪʃɪet]
vt.& vi.(使)削弱;(使)破坏;(使)损害;(使)无效
n.破坏,损害;破坏者
日语:傷つける
法语:vicier
德语:beeinträchtigen
韩语:해를 끼치다
俄语:viciar
牛津词典
verb
- 使失效;削弱效用
to spoil or reduce the effect of sth
词形变化
过去分词:vitiated 过去式:vitiated 第三人称单数:vitiates 现在分词:vitiating 名词复数形式:vitiates
双语例句
- Strategic policy during the War was vitiated because of a sharp division between 'easterners' and 'westerners'
由于“东方人”和“西方人”之间存在巨大的分歧,战争期间的战略方针没有得到切实的执行。
- But this does not vitiate his scholarship.
但这不会威胁到他的奖学金。
- This may vitiate a literal translation.
这就会损害直译的价值。
- But the inability of the Vendor to comply with any such requirement by such Purchaser shall not vitiate or delay the completion of the purchase.
要么买进或卖出,要么取消〔abbr.〕买主不得因卖主未能遵照其要求而取消或拖延完成买卖交易。
- A misdescription of the bill shall not vitiate the notice unless the party to whom the notice is given is in fact misled thereby;
凡误述汇票,并不使通知失效,但如接受通知人事实上因而有误解者,则作别论;
语源
mid 16th cent.: from Latin vitiat-impaired, from the verb vitiare, from vitium(see vice)