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mitigate vt.减轻；缓和 (1) 法官说没有任何理由可以把那个继母残忍虐待女孩的罪责减轻。(2) 她的话减轻了我的痛苦。(3) 政府正试图缓和通货膨胀的影响。 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.

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英 ['mɪtɪɡeɪt] 美 ['mɪtɪɡeɪt] (1) The judge said that nothing could mitigate the cruelty with which the stepmother had treated the girl.(2) Her words mitigated my suffering.(3) The government is trying to mitigate the effects of inflation. 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. 1[VERB 动词]减轻；缓解；缓和 To mitigate something means to make it less unpleasant, serious, or painful.   [V n]  [FORMAL 正式]...ways of mitigating the effects of an explosion...减轻爆炸威力的种种方法The cost of getting there is mitigated by Sydney's offer of a subsidy.由于悉尼提供补助金，所以到那里的花费就减少了。

英语单词	mitigate
英美音标	英 ['mɪtɪɡeɪt] 美 ['mɪtɪɡeɪt]
中文释义	vt.减轻；缓和
英语例句	(1) The judge said that nothing could mitigate the cruelty with which the stepmother had treated the girl. (2) Her words mitigated my suffering. (3) The government is trying to mitigate the effects of inflation.
中文例句	(1) 法官说没有任何理由可以把那个继母残忍虐待女孩的罪责减轻。 (2) 她的话减轻了我的痛苦。 (3) 政府正试图缓和通货膨胀的影响。
vocabulary简明	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.
vocabulary扩展	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.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]减轻；缓解；缓和 To mitigate something means to make it less unpleasant, serious, or painful. [V n] [FORMAL 正式] ...ways of mitigating the effects of an explosion... 减轻爆炸威力的种种方法 The cost of getting there is mitigated by Sydney's offer of a subsidy. 由于悉尼提供补助金，所以到那里的花费就减少了。

Mitigate Effects Words Verb 英 Mɪtɪɡeɪt] 美 Mɪtɪɡeɪt Vt.减轻；缓和