vitiate

英['vɪʃieɪt]美['vɪʃieɪt]
  • v. 使败坏；损害；使失效

    • 记忆方法

    词源记忆法
    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。
      verb(动词)
      1. 毁坏；破坏；削弱

    双解例句

    verb(动词)
    1. 毁坏；破坏；削弱

      He said that American military power should never again be vitiated by political concerns.

      他说美国的军事力量绝不能再次因为政治上的考虑而有所削弱。

    小知识

    As some sneaky five-year-olds know, crossing one’s fingers while making a promise is an effective way to vitiate, or destroy the validity of, an agreement.

    Vitiate is often used when a legal agreement is made invalid, but it can also refer to the debasement or corruption of something or someone. If a malicious five-year-old on the playground teaches the other children to lie with their fingers crossed, she would be responsible for vitiating the playground community. The first syllable of this word is pronounced “vish,” like the first syllable in vicious.

    实用短语

    1. vitiate a contract

      使契约失效

    2. vitiate the air

      使空气混浊

    单词用法

    词根词缀
    词根 viti= fault 错误 vitiate v. 污染；使堕落 viti 错误 + ate 使… → 使错误 → 使堕落 vitiation n. 损害 vitiat 污染；使堕落 + ion 动作或状态 → 损害 vitiator n. 污染者；损害者 vitiat 破坏，损害 + or 人 → 污染者；损害者

    同义词

    deteriorate  /  demoralize  /  impute  /  shame

    同根词

    词根：vitiate

    n.

    vitiation损害，败坏；无效