mitigate
- IPA[ˈmɪtɪɡeɪt]
英式
- make (something bad) less severe, serious, or painful；lessen the gravity of (an offence or mistake)
verb: mitigate, 3rd person present: mitigates, gerund or present participle: mitigating, past tense: mitigated, past participle: mitigated
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動詞
- 1. make (something bad) less severe, serious, or painful drainage schemes have helped to mitigate this problem
- ▪ lessen the gravity of (an offence or mistake) there had been a provocation that mitigated the offence to a degree
- having the effect of making something bad less severe, serious, or painful: it should have a mitigating effect on the frequency of minor flooding events
Oxford Dictionary
- having the effect of making something bad less severe, serious, or painful: it should have a mitigating effect on the frequency of minor flooding events
Oxford American Dictionary
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- IPA[ˈmidəˌɡāt]
美式
- make less severe, serious, or painful: he wanted to mitigate misery in the world
Oxford American Dictionary
