vitiate

vt. 使变质, 污染, 使堕落, 败坏, 使失效 [法] 败坏, 污损, 污染

发音

US /ˈvɪʃ.i.eɪt/
UK /ˈvɪʃ.i.eɪt/

词形变化

vitiated vitiates 三单 vitiates vitiating vitiating 现在分词 vitiated 过去式 vitiated 过去分词

别名

viciate

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To spoil, make faulty; to reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of something.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To debase or morally corrupt.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To violate, to rape.

    古体 及物
  4. 4.

    To make something ineffective, to invalidate.

    及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 10

spoil pervert corrupt void mar profane subvert impair demoralize invalidate

上位词 4

change damage alter modify

下位词 10

poison cloud corrupt sully infect taint defile blemish disfigure deface

词源

PIE word *dwóh₁ From Latin vitiātus, the perfect passive participle of vitiō (“damage, spoil”), from vitium (“vice”).

来源：wiktionary