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.
实用例句
1. But this does not vitiate his scholarship.
但这不会威胁到他的奖学金。来自柯林斯例句
2. This may vitiate a literal translation.
这就会损害直译的价值。来自辞典例句
3. No such Variation shall vitiate or invalidate this Contract.
