vitiate


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。

英文词源

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.

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1. But this does not vitiate his scholarship.
但这不会威胁到他的奖学金。
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2. This may vitiate a literal translation.
这就会损害直译的价值。
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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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