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  1. mitigate

    • IPA[ˈmɪtɪɡeɪt]

    英式

    • v.
      make (something bad) less severe, serious, or painful;lessen the gravity of (an offence or mistake)
    • verb: mitigate, 3rd person present: mitigates, gerund or present participle: mitigating, past tense: mitigated, past participle: mitigated

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    動詞

    • 1. make (something bad) less severe, serious, or painful drainage schemes have helped to mitigate this problem
    • lessen the gravity of (an offence or mistake) there had been a provocation that mitigated the offence to a degree
    • adj.
      having the effect of making something bad less severe, serious, or painful: it should have a mitigating effect on the frequency of minor flooding events

    Oxford Dictionary

    • adj.
      having the effect of making something bad less severe, serious, or painful: it should have a mitigating effect on the frequency of minor flooding events

    Oxford American Dictionary

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    • IPA[ˈmidəˌɡāt]

    美式

    • v.
      make less severe, serious, or painful: he wanted to mitigate misery in the world

    Oxford American Dictionary