vitiates
动词 vitiate:
corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
同义词:corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
make imperfect
同义词:mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate
take away the legal force of or render ineffective
同义词:invalidate, void, vitiate
vitiates
■Smoking vitiates the air.
吸烟会污染空气。
■Pollution from smoke and dust vitiates the air.
来自烟尘的污染损害了空气质量。
■But excellent as this man is, there is yet a grave imperfection in his cosmos which to a degree vitiates the truth he desires to teach: he leaves the element of beauty out of his formula.
然而,尽管这个人很优秀,但在他的宇宙之中,也依然存有一个严重的缺陷,这多少有损于他渴望教书的道理:他把他信条中美的元素丢掉了。
■Yet prohibition itself vitiates the efforts of the drug warriors.
然而,正是禁令本身使贩毒战士的努力归于实效。
■fraus omnia vitiat
诈骗使一切都失效