| 单词 | vitiate |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['viʃieit] |
| 解释 | v.削弱，损害 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v.削弱，损害(to make faulty or defective: impair) 【考】 反义词：fortify(加 强); strengthen(巩固) 【记】 viti(=vice恶的)+ate →损坏 【同】 同根词：vitiable(易 堕落的)；vitiosity( 堕落) 【例】 Pollution from smoke and dust vitiates the air. |
| 字源 | vitiate (v.) 1530s, from Latin vitiatus, past participle of vitiare "to make faulty, injure, spoil, corrupt," from vitium "fault, defect, blemish, crime, vice" (see vice (n.1)). Related: Vitiated; vitiating. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 降低价值; 损害质量; 使堕落 【记】viti = vice(n 罪恶), ate－使堕落vit = wit, I, ate吃: 智慧让狗给吃了－堕落 【参】vitiable(adj 能损坏的) 【反】fortify(v 加强); strengthen(v 巩固) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】vital 生命 + ate 吃掉生命；vitamin 维他命，没后面的命，就是不行了， |
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