vt.& vi.(使)削弱;(使)破坏;(使)损害;(使)无效;
例句:
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。
This may vitiate a literal translation.
这就会损害直译的价值。