英语词汇“vitiate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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.

WORD FAMILY

vitiate: vitiated, vitiates, vitiating, vitiation+/vitiation: vitiations

USAGE EXAMPLES

But even within those constraints, there’s still plenty that Trump could do to vitiate the media.

Slate(Nov 09, 2016)

After the trials, Turkey’s secular élite was completely vitiated.

The New Yorker(Oct 10, 2016)

So whatever instincts he might have had to develop self-control were vitiated by “The Apprentice.”

Washington Post(Jul 15, 2016)

1v make imperfect

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

deflower, impair, mar, spoil

cloud, corrupt, defile, sully, taint

place under suspicion or cast doubt upon

blemish, deface, disfigure

mar or spoil the appearance of

mangle, maul

injure badly by beating

mark, pit, pock, scar

mark with a scar

damage

inflict damage upon

2v corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert

carnalise, carnalize, sensualise, sensualize

debase through carnal gratification

infect

corrupt with ideas or an ideology

lead astray, lead off

teach immoral behavior to

poison

spoil as if by poison

bastardise, bastardize

change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms

suborn

incite to commit a crime or an evil deed

alter, change, modify

cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

3v take away the legal force of or render ineffective

Syn|Ant|Hyper

invalidate, void

validate

make valid or confirm the validity of

alter, change, modify

cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

单词	vitiate
释义	vitiate (once / 4008 pages) v 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. WORD FAMILY vitiate: vitiated, vitiates, vitiating, vitiation+/vitiation: vitiations USAGE EXAMPLES But even within those constraints, there’s still plenty that Trump could do to vitiate the media. Slate(Nov 09, 2016) After the trials, Turkey’s secular élite was completely vitiated. The New Yorker(Oct 10, 2016) So whatever instincts he might have had to develop self-control were vitiated by “The Apprentice.” Washington Post(Jul 15, 2016) 1v make imperfect Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper deflower, impair, mar, spoil cloud, corrupt, defile, sully, taint place under suspicion or cast doubt upon blemish, deface, disfigure mar or spoil the appearance of mangle, maul injure badly by beating mark, pit, pock, scar mark with a scar damage inflict damage upon 2v corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert carnalise, carnalize, sensualise, sensualize debase through carnal gratification infect corrupt with ideas or an ideology lead astray, lead off teach immoral behavior to poison spoil as if by poison bastardise, bastardize change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms suborn incite to commit a crime or an evil deed alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 3v take away the legal force of or render ineffective Syn\|Ant\|Hyper invalidate, void validate make valid or confirm the validity of alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
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