1. 削弱…的效能;損害;使失效;使變質(zhì) If something is vitiated, its effectiveness is spoiled or weakened.
vitiate
e.g. Strategic policy during the War was vitiated because of a sharp division between 'easterners' and 'westerners'... 由于“東方人”和“西方人”之間存在巨大的分歧,戰爭期間的戰略方針沒(méi)有得到切實(shí)的執行。 e.g. But this does not vitiate his scholarship. 但這不會(huì )威脅到他的獎學(xué)金。
vitiate英英釋義
verb
1. take away the legal force of or render ineffective
e.g. invalidate a contract
Synonym: invalidatevoid
2. make imperfect
e.g. nothing marred her beauty
Synonym: marimpairspoildeflower
3. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
e.g. debauch the young people with wine and women Socrates was accused of corrupting young men Do school counselors subvert young children? corrupt the morals