vitiate

['viʃieit]

v.使败坏,损害, 使失效

词形变化：

形容词: vitiable | 名词: vitiation | 动词过去式: vitiated | 动词过去分词: vitiated | 动词现在分词: vitiating | 动词第三人称单数: vitiates |

vt.vi.

1. 损害; 污染

2. (使)无效; (使)堕落

vitiate

过去式：vitiated

过去分词：vitiated

现在进行时：vitiating

词形变化：

形容词: vitiable | 名词: vitiation | 动词过去式: vitiated | 动词过去分词: vitiated | 动词现在分词: vitiating | 动词第三人称单数: vitiates |

词义辨析：

同义参见:

demoralize

lower¹

impute

alloy²

deteriorate

pervert¹

shame

vitiate['viʃieit]vt.1.■污损；破坏；污染：Smoking vitiates the air.吸烟会污染空气。2.■使堕落，使腐化；败坏(道德等)：His spirit was vitiated by pleasure seeking.他的志气因追求吃喝玩乐而消磨殆尽。3.■使(契约等)无效，使失效：The contract was vitiated because one person signed under compulsion.该契约由于一人系被迫签字而无效。变形vt.vitiatedvitiating

1. [with obj.](formal)spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of
   (正式)使变质；使效率降低
   development programmes have been vitiated by the rise in population.
   人口上升影响了发展计划的效果。
   ■destroy or impair the legal validity of
   使失去法律效力
   

1. mid 16th cent.: from Latin vitiat- 'impaired', from the verb vitiare, from vitium (see vice)
   

vitiate

动词 vitiate:

corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

同义词：corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, deprave, misdirect

make imperfect

同义词：mar, impair, spoil, deflower

take away the legal force of or render ineffective

同义词：invalidate, void

vitiate

■No such variation shall, in any way, vitiate or invalidate the contract, and all such variations shall be valued in accordance with Clause 84.

上述变更不应以任何方式使合同作废或失效，所有上述变更应按第84条估价。

■But the inability of the Vendor to comply with any such requirement by such Purchaser shall not vitiate or delay the completion of the purchase.

买主不得因卖主未能遵照其要求而取消或拖延完成买卖交易。

■7.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。

■and no such variation shall in any way vitiate or invalidate the Contract, but the value, if any, of all such variations shall be taken into account in ascertaining the amount of the Contract Price.

但此种变更不得以任何方式使合同失效，此种变更所需的一切费用(如果有)应在确定合同价格时予以考虑。

■vitiate a contract

使契约失效

■vitiate a claim, contract, theory

使权利要求、 合同、 理论无效.

■Vitiate a claim,contract,theory

使权利要求、合同、理论无效.

■vitiate v.

使污浊；

■vitiate the air

使空气混浊

■vitiate a will

使遗嘱无效

■A misdescription of the bill shall not vitiate the notice unless the party to whom the notice is given is in fact misled thereby

凡误述汇票，并不使通知失效，但如接受通知人事实上因而有误解者，则作别论

■A misdescription of the bill shall not vitiate the notice unless the party to whom the notice is given is in fact misled thereby;

凡误述汇票，并不使通知失效，但如接受通知人事实上因而有误解者，则作别论；

■But even the instance of the inordinate will does not really vitiate the conclusion, since in this case we are not dealing with the primary cause of the effect.

即使是精神紊乱者的例子也不可能对我们的结论有所削弱，因为在这种情况下，我们处理的并非结果的原初因。

■As can be seen, a brilliant benchmarking study might be able to determine the various sorts of matrices for payouts, but it might vitiate the notion of a fulsome inspirational exercise.

可以看出，悠久的基础研究也许能够确定各种人力资源流程及模块，但也可能损及概念使其成为一个令人作呕的启发性练习。

■The Manager shall have power as he think fit to vary the frequency specified in the work schedule and no variation shall vitiate this Contract.

大厦经理有权按需要更改工作时间表上之服务次数。有关之改动将不会使合约无效。

■and no such variation shall in any way vitiate or invalidate the Contract， but the value， if any， of all such variations shall be taken into account in ascertaining the amount of the Contract Price.

并且这种变更不应当在任何意义上使合同无效，但是这种变更的价值，如果有的话，应当在确定合同价款总额中计人。

■The least expansion of the bar, or the unequal expansion or contraction of the balls, caused by a change of temperature, would vitiate the result ;

温度变化引起的精钢块的微小膨胀，或球体的不对等的膨胀或收缩，使结果失效；

■In Easterlin's word: "Asincomes rise, the aspiration level does too, and the effect of thisincrease in aspirations is to vitiate the expected growth in Happinessdue to higher income.

用伊斯特林的话来说：“收入增加了，人们的期望值也相应提高了，期望值的提高会抵消收入提高所带来的预期有所增加的幸福感。

■49.In Easterlin's word: "As incomes rise, the aspiration level does too, and the effect of this increase in aspirations is to vitiate the expected growth in happiness due to higher income.

用伊斯特林的话来说：“收入增加了，人们的期望值也相应提高了，期望值的提高会抵消收入提高所带来的预期有所增加的幸福感。”

■In Easterlin's word: "As incomes rise, the aspiration level does too,the effect of this increase in aspirations is to vitiate the expected growth in Happiness due to higher income.

用伊斯特林的话：“收入增加了，人们的期望值也相应提高了，期望值的提高会抵消收入提高所带来的预期有所增加的幸福感。

■A false cause does not vitiate a contract

虚伪原因不影响合同效力

■fraus omnia vitiat

诈骗使一切都失效

■Bad grammar does not vitiate a contract

语法不通不影响合同效力

■This may vitiate a literal translation.

这就会损害直译的价值。

■In Easterlin's word: "As incomes rise, the aspiration level does too, and the effect of this increase in aspirations is to vitiate the expected growth in Happiness due to higher income.

这是否意味着我们人类的日子有望越过越幸福呢？

■That will largely vitiate any notion of the EU at last speaking with one voice, or of answering the famously mythical Kissinger question about whom to call when an outsider wants to talk to Europe.

这种现象将很大程度上破坏欧盟用一个声音对外的理念，同时也无法回答基辛格著名的假设问题：当局外人想通欧洲对话的时候，到底应该联系谁？