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mitigate 【mitigate】v.使缓的；使减轻的The judge said that nothing could mitigate the cruelty with which the man bad treated the child.法官说没有任何事能减轻那人对小孩的残暴行为。

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['mɪtɪɡeɪt] 
mitigatelessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
Choose the verb, mitigate, when something lessens the unpleasantness of a situation. You can mitigate your parents' anger by telling them you were late to dinner because you were helping your elderly neighbor.
The somewhat formal verb, mitigate, comes from the Latin roots mītis "soft" and agere "to do/act," which add up to "to soften." It is often used with words that indicate an outcome or something harmful. When you buy car insurance, you are trying to mitigate the risks involved with driving. Sunscreen is used to mitigate the effects of the sun on your skin.
All forms of 'mitigate' will appear on average once every 975 pages.unmitigablemitigablemitigatemitigatedmitigationmitigativemitigatoryunmitigated

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Back	【mitigate】 v.使缓的；使减轻的 The judge said that nothing could mitigate the cruelty with which the man bad treated the child. 法官说没有任何事能减轻那人对小孩的残暴行为。
Vocab	mitigatelessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of Choose the verb, mitigate, when something lessens the unpleasantness of a situation. You can mitigate your parents' anger by telling them you were late to dinner because you were helping your elderly neighbor. The somewhat formal verb, mitigate, comes from the Latin roots mītis "soft" and agere "to do/act," which add up to "to soften." It is often used with words that indicate an outcome or something harmful. When you buy car insurance, you are trying to mitigate the risks involved with driving. Sunscreen is used to mitigate the effects of the sun on your skin. All forms of 'mitigate' will appear on average once every 975 pages. unmitigable mitigable mitigate mitigated mitigation mitigative mitigatory unmitigated

Mitigate Lessen Verb Mɪtɪɡeɪt V.使缓的；使减轻的 Judge Cruelty Man