vitiate

词根词缀：

词根
viti= fault 错误

vitiate v. 污染；使堕落

viti 错误 + ate 使… → 使错误 → 使堕落

vitiation n. 损害

vitiat 污染；使堕落 + ion 动作或状态 → 损害

vitiator n. 污染者；损害者

vitiat 破坏，损害 + or 人 → 污染者；损害者

数据来源：新东方英语词汇速记大全

相关例句：

This may vitiate a literal translation.

这就会损害直译的价值。

Strategic policy during the War was vitiated because of a sharp division between 'easterners' and 'westerners'

由于“东方人”和“西方人”之间存在巨大的分歧，战争期间的战略方针没有得到切实的执行。

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.

要么买进或卖出，要么取消〔abbr.〕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。

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 this does not vitiate his scholarship.

但这不会威胁到他的奖学金。