mitigate /'mitxgeit; vt [VP6A] make less severe, violent or painful. 使緩和; 使減輕; 使鎮(zhèn)靜。 mitigating circumstances, those that may make a mistake, crime, etc seem less serious. U 乎可減輕錯(cuò)誤、犯罪等之嚴(yán)重性的情況; 有緩和作用的情勞。 mitigation /,miti'geijn; , mi1s's/sn/ n [U].