| 单词 | mitigate |
| 释义 | mitigate verb[T] formaluk/ˈmɪt.ɪ.ɡeɪt/us/ˈmɪt̬.ə.ɡeɪt/to make something lessharmful,unpleasant, orbad: 使缓和；减轻（危害等）It isunclearhow to mitigatetheeffectsoftourismon theisland.还不清楚如何缓解旅游业对这个岛屿的影响。 Compare extenuateformal Making things better
mitigate| American Dictionarymitigate verb[T] us/ˈmɪt̬·ɪˌɡeɪt/to make something lesssevereor lessunpleasant: Getting a lot ofsleepanddrinkingplenty offluidscan mitigate theeffectsof theflu. mitigate| Business Englishmitigate verb[T] formaluk/ˈmɪtɪɡeɪt/usto make something lessharmful,unpleasant, orbad: technologiesthat can mitigateglobalwarming mitigate damage/riskThecompanywascriticizedforfailingto mitigaterisksat theplant. mitigate the effects/impact of sthThere isn't much more we can do to mitigate thenegativeeffectsofrisingoilprices. mitigating circumstances LAW situationsthat are not anexcusefor acrime, but that acourtoflawmayconsiderto beimportantenough toreducetheblameorpunishmentof theaccusedperson: Thejudgesaid that there were no mitigatingcircumstancesthat wouldresultin alesserpunishment. Examplesofmitigatemitigate As such, ethnicity as ideology provides a psychological formula which mitigates the uncertainties of state- society relations. From theCambridge English Corpus Older women's more limited access to retirement funds is, however, mitigated among those whose spouses were government workers, because typically they share the benefits. From theCambridge English Corpus Consequently, does society have a moral obligation tomitigatethe differences in health for which we are personally responsible? From theCambridge English Corpus However, distributional effects caused by a change in relative price couldmitigatethe potential increase in the wage earned by low-skill workers. From theCambridge English Corpus Moreover, measuring the extent of a person's desert of punishment requires addressing difficult epistemological questions about excusing and mitigating circumstances. From theCambridge English Corpus How can this therapist-client epistemological incompatibility - apparently a clear-cut prescription for therapeutic failure - be traversed or at least mitigated? From theCambridge English Corpus There has always been a divide between secure middle-class families and poorer working families and the government's policies are plainly intended tomitigatethat divide. From theCambridge English Corpus An orientation to the appropriateness of utilizing epistemic phrases in engaging in "amicable" disagreements by delaying and mitigating a dispreferred is demonstrated several lines down. From theCambridge English Corpus It can be hunted down, challenged to reveal itself and then eliminated, mitigated, or accepted. From theCambridge English Corpus These may serve tomitigatethe general severity. From theCambridge English Corpus For the defender, the actual costs of fighting are mitigated by the payoff he receives from continuing possession. From theCambridge English Corpus Potential crises will be postponed or mitigated as a result. From theCambridge English Corpus This benefit, however, is partly mitigated by neutralizing antibodies that were detectable in 38% to 42% of patients by year 3 (27;46). From theCambridge English Corpus Does the role of family networks in migration reinforce ormitigatesuch differences? From theCambridge English Corpus In so doing, it mitigates the often-remarked chasm between experimental researchers and applied practitioners of reminiscence and life review interventions. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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