Word · Frequency #23507
vitiate
损害;削弱;降低…的质量
核心释义
To spoil or reduce the quality, value, or effectiveness of something.
- 1.
损坏,使有缺陷;降低某物的价值、质量或效果
To spoil, make faulty; to reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of something.
- 2.
使道德败坏;使堕落。
To debase or morally corrupt.
- 3.
使无效;使失效。
To make something ineffective, to invalidate.
使无效;使作废;使堕落;使道德败坏;损坏,使有缺陷;降低某物的价值、质量或效果;使道德败坏;使堕落。;使无效;使失效。
用法In use
A few typing errors vitiate an otherwise well-written email.
用法提示:动词原形 vitiate 作谓语,表示“损害、降低…的质量”。
One careless comment vitiated the whole speech for the audience.
用法提示:过去式 vitiated 作谓语,表示“使…效果变差”。
Adding sugar after the dish is cooked will only vitiate its delicate flavor.
用法提示:will vitiate 表示将来“将损害”,用于说明动作的后果。
vitiate + noun
常用于指破坏品质或使失效。
The pollution vitiated the water supply.
污染使水源变质。
be vitiated by + noun
常用于法律语境,表示因某因素导致无效。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- vitiate a contract
- 使合同无效
- Any misrepresentation by the seller may vitiate a contract.卖方的任何虚假陈述都可能导致合同无效。
- vitiate consent
- 使同意无效
- Duress can vitiate consent to an agreement.胁迫可使协议中的同意无效。
- vitiate the validity
- 使…的效力丧失
- A procedural error can vitiate the validity of the entire vote.程序性错误可能使整个投票的效力丧失。
- vitiate the evidence
- 使证据失效;损害证据的可信度
- Mishandling the samples would vitiate the evidence.不当处理样本会使证据失效。
- vitiate the process
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想:viti- 像 vice(恶习),加上 -ate 动词后缀——沾染恶习使品质受损、使事物作废失效。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:法律或合同文书、学术或正式论述 vitiate 是正式用语,多用于书面或正式场合,常见于法律、学术或抽象论述中,表示“损害”“削弱”或“使无效”;日常口语中较少使用。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
真正与 vitiate(/ˈvɪʃieɪt/)押韵的是 initiate 和 officiate:它们的重读音节都是 -tiate 前面的 /ɪ/,韵脚同为 /ɪʃieɪt/。negotiate、associate、appreciate、satiate 也以 -tiate 结尾,但重读元音分别是 /oʊ/、/oʊ/、/iː/、/eɪ/,所以不押韵,只是拼写相似。
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