vitiate
英['vɪʃieɪt] 美['vɪʃieɪt]
"debauch the young people with wine and women"
"Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"
"Do school counselors subvert young children?"
"corrupt the morals"
"nothing marred her beauty"
"invalidate a contract"
1.削弱…的效能;损害;使失效;使变质
If somethingis 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“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。
e.g. But this does notvitiate his scholarship.
但这不会威胁到他的奖学金。
1. 损害：vitiable 能损坏的 |vitiate 损害 | vitiation 损害
2. 宣告无效,否定：Viking 海盗 |vitiate 宣告无效,否定 | aslant adj. 斜的
3. 使腐败;污染：vitellus 蛋黃;卵黃 |vitiate 使腐败;污染 | viticultural 种葡萄的;(用于)葡萄栽培的
4. 削弱,损害：viscous 粘滞的,粘性的 |vitiate 削弱,损害 | vitriolic 刻薄的,克刻的
This may vitiate a literal translation.
这就会损害直译的价值。
No such Variation shall vitiate this Contract.
任何该等变更都不会造成本合同失效。
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。
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.
This may vitiate a literal translation.
这就会损害直译的价值。
But this does not vitiate his scholarship.
但这不会威胁到他的奖学金。
Lunch was a ritual vitiated by no base thoughts of nutrition.
出自：S. BeckettThe information that spies steal is..vitiated by the possibility that its sources are corrupt.
出自：M. Frayn