[TOP]vitiate viti·ate / ˈviʃieit / verb əʒŋ] əusually passive] (formal) to spoil or reduce the effect of sth 使失效；削弱效用[TOP]vitiate vi·ti·ate / ˈvɪʃɪˌet ; ˈvɪʃieɪt / verb [T] [formal] 1. to make something less effective or spoil it 削弱〔某物〕的效能; 破坏，损害 [TOP]vitiate['vɪʃ.i.eɪt] formal verb transitive » to destroy or damage something 毁坏；破坏；削弱 He said that American military power should never again be vitiated by political concerns. 他说美国的军事力量绝不能再次因为政治上的考虑而有所削弱。 [TOP]vitiate
1.VERB 动词 削弱…的效能;损害;使失效;使变质 If something is vitiated, its effectiveness is spoiled or weakened.
【语法信息】：be V-ed
【语法信息】：V n
【语域标签】：FORMAL 正式
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 this does not vitiate his scholarship. 但这不会威胁到他的奖学金。