单词	mitigate
释义	mitigatemit‧i‧gate /ˈmɪtɪɡeɪt/ verb [transitive] formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINmitigate Origin: 1400-1500 Latin past participle of mitigare ‘to soften’, from mitis ‘soft’ Verb Table VERB TABLE mitigate Simple Form Present I, you, we, they mitigate he, she, it mitigates Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they mitigated Present perfect I, you, we, they have mitigated he, she, it has mitigated Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had mitigated Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will mitigate Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have mitigated Continuous Form Present I am mitigating he, she, it is mitigating you, we, they are mitigating Past I, he, she, it was mitigating you, we, they were mitigating Present perfect I, you, we, they have been mitigating he, she, it has been mitigating Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been mitigating Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be mitigating Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been mitigating Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES We have to figure out a way to mitigate the costs. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Switching assignments, working on another team, or making other kinds of adjustments can mitigate anger. The effect is to mitigate the speaker's refusal of a reasonable request. These are not mitigated by the presence of recognizable and attractive actors and actresses. You are obliged to mitigate your losses; this duty is explained in Chapter 18. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► extenuating/mitigating circumstances (=conditions that make it reasonable for someone to break the rules or law)· Hunger and poverty are not treated by the courts as extenuating circumstances. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► impact · Environmental science is almost exclusively geared to measuring, managing and mitigating downstream environmental impacts caused by our industrial way of life.· Every effort to mitigate the impact will encourage the dons to raise the tuitions ever higher.· The rainforest is also held to be useful to us because it will help to mitigate the worst impacts of global warming. ► problem · He mitigated the problem by saying that the Son's generation by the Father is no event in time but is eternal. to make a situation or the effects of something less unpleasant, harmful, or serious SYN  alleviate:  Measures need to be taken to mitigate the environmental effects of burning more coal.
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