英语词汇“mitigate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	mitigate
释义	mit·i·gate \ˈmid.əˌgāt, -itə-, usu -ād.+V\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English mitigaten, from Latin mitigatus, past participle of mitigare to soften, mitigate, from mitis soft, mild + agere to drive; akin to Old Irish mōith soft, mīn smooth, gentle, Sanskrit mayas enjoyment, pleasure, Lithuanian mielas, mylas dear — more at agent 1. : to cause (as a person) to become more gentle or less hostile : mollify 2. : to make less severe, violent, cruel, intense, painful : soften, alleviate < used opium to mitigate the horrors to which condemned criminals were subjected — Science > < disasters can be, if not prevented, at least mitigated — K.S.Davis > : temper < in the summer the altitude tempers the heat, and in the winter the latitude mitigates the cold — C.W.DeKiewiet > : lessen < a sentence of 20 days solitary confinement may be mitigated to 10 days — Naval Orientation > < tends to increase rather than to mitigate these differences in students — General Education in a Free Society > < mitigate the sincerity of what I said — Mary Austin > Synonyms: see relieve
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