vitiate

英 ['vɪʃɪeɪt] 美 ['vɪʃɪet]
  • vt. 损害,弄坏;使无效;污染
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vitiate 伤害,削弱,损坏

来自拉丁语vitium,错误,缺陷,污点,词源同vice,vicious。即中伤,找茬,伤害等。

vitiate (v.)
1530s, from Latin vitiatus, past participle of vitiare "to make faulty, injure, spoil, corrupt," from vitium "fault, defect, blemish, crime, vice" (see vice (n.1)). Related: Vitiated; vitiating.
1. But this does not vitiate his scholarship.
但这不会威胁到他的奖学金。

来自柯林斯例句

2. This may vitiate a literal translation.
这就会损害直译的价值。

来自辞典例句

3. No such Variation shall vitiate or invalidate this Contract.
任何该等变更都不会影响本合同或造成本合同失效.

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