mitigate

英 ['mɪtɪɡeɪt] 美 ['mɪtɪɡeɪt]

• vt. 减轻；缓和

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 减轻
2. （使）缓和
3. 缓和下来
4. 缓解
5. 冲淡
6. 平息
7. 弥补
8. 镇静

英英释义

Verb:

1. lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of;

   "The circumstances extenuate the crime"
   

2. make less severe or harsh;

   "mitigating circumstances"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. The judge said that nothing could mitigate the cruelty with which the stepmother had treated the girl.
   法官说没有任何理由可以把那个继母残忍虐待女孩的罪责减轻。
2. Her words mitigated my suffering.
   她的话减轻了我的痛苦。
3. The government is trying to mitigate the effects of inflation.
   政府正试图缓和通货膨胀的影响。

经典引文

• I have to endure these sufferings..and your presence will mitigate them.

  出自： E. Waugh

• The King's eventual course of action did nothing to mitigate the conspirators' difficulties.

  出自： A. Fraser

• The depths of obsessive despair which he so often tried to mitigate.

  出自： Juliette Huxley

词汇搭配

• mitigate corrosion 防腐,减轻腐蚀...

近反义词

【近义词】

• alleviate 减轻
• lessen 减少
• relieve 救济
• soften (使)变柔和
• palliate 减轻
• abate 缓和
• allay 减轻
• assuage 缓和
• diminish 减少
• dull 呆滞的
• ease 容易
• moderate 适度的
• mollify 安慰
• take the edge off 使钝(减弱的程度)...
• tone down （使）柔和
• qualify 使具备资格
• silence 沉默
• loosen 松开
• lower 低的
• extenuate <古>减轻

【反义词】

• aggravate 恶化
• deteriorate 恶化