搜尋結果
mitigate
- IPA[ˈmidəˌɡāt]
美式
- make less severe, serious, or painful;lessen the gravity of (an offense or mistake)
verb: mitigate, 3rd person present: mitigates, gerund or present participle: mitigating, past tense: mitigated, past participle: mitigated
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. make less severe, serious, or painful he wanted to mitigate misery in the world
- ▪ lessen the gravity of (an offense or mistake) there had been a provocation that mitigated the offense to a degree