| 单词 | to mitigate against |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto mitigate against 9. intransitive. Originally U.S. to mitigate against: (of a fact or circumstance, an action, etc.) to be a powerful factor or consideration against; to counteract (an argument, a condition, etc.); to hinder or inhibit (an outcome). ΚΠ 1813 P. A. Browne Rep. District Court Philadelphia 333 They have not been able to discover any decision.., or any principle of the foreign attachment laws that mitigates against their opinion. 1893 N. Amer. Rev. Feb. 176 The fact that..the annual product of silver at this ration has been greater than the product of gold does not mitigate against the argument. 1932 W. Faulkner Centaur in Brass in Amer. Mercury Feb. 202/1 It's as though there were some intangible and invisible social force that mitigates against him. 1952 Public Opinion Q. 16 345 A persistent party activity that both mitigates against status-security and conduces to the use of ‘challenges’ in political or other discussions. 1963 Times 25 May 12/3 The British social environment and to some extent tax laws, mitigated against a modern merchant adventurer. 1977 Listener (N.Z.) 15 Jan. 30/3 The grass-court scene here, plus travel distances, are the other two factors mitigating against the bigger names coming to Auckland. 2005 C. M. Kennedy Braided Relations, Entwined Lives v. 95 Not only did state law refuse to recognize slave marriages but also customary practices mitigated against lasting slave partnerships. < as lemmas |
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