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 mitigate ['mɪtə`get]   添加此单词到默认生词本
vt. 温和, 缓和, 减轻

[医] 缓和, 减轻




    mitigate
    [ verb ]
    1. lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of

      2. <verb.communication> extenuate palliate
      The circumstances extenuate the crime
    2. make less severe or harsh

      3. <verb.change>
      mitigating circumstances


    Mitigate \Mit"i*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mitigated}; p. pr. &
    vb. n. {Mitigating}.] [L. mitigatus, p. p. of mitigare to
    soften, mitigate; mitis mild, soft + the root of agere to do,
    drive.]
    1. To make less severe, intense, harsh, rigorous, painful,
    etc.; to soften; to meliorate; to alleviate; to diminish;
    to lessen; as, to mitigate heat or cold; to mitigate
    grief.

    2. To make mild and accessible; to mollify; -- applied to
    persons. [Obs.]

    This opinion . . . mitigated kings into companions.
    --Burke.

    Syn: To alleviate; assuage; allay. See {Alleviate}.

    1. The government intends to retain the repayment supplement as a deterrent measure, and not as commercial restitution. The commissioners are to have to mitigate misdeclaration penalties and their decision will be appealable to a VAT tribunal.
    2. To mitigate this problem, many additional ground lines were installed, like adding guardrails between lanes on an expressway.
    3. Without it, the best the UN can do, says Col Dewar, is to mitigate the damage.
    4. Ashland immediately expressed displeasure with the department's decision to press criminal charges, pointing out its own efforts "to mitigate the spill's impact" and "the fact that the company quickly accepted responsibility for the incident."
    5. The administration moved to mitigate the damage to the Philippines by crediting that country with the share of the total U.S. quota that otherwise would have gone to South Africa.
    6. Counseling was offered to the rescue workers, but it could not mitigate all the effects of the disaster.
    7. Some of the sharp rises in the cost of meat recorded in the wholesale index are expected to work their way through to the retail level, but the prospect of good harvests should mitigate this impact on the index.
    8. One factor that might mitigate the effects of the market swings is the growing international market for art.
    9. William O'Neill, research director for Elders Futures Inc., said the latest estimate tended to mitigate somewhat the impact of the firm's surprising Feb. 2 forecast of a one-million-ton increase in Soviet production.
    10. Traders "will continue to test the resolve of the central banks to mitigate the dollar's rise," said Jeff Mondschein, foreign-exchange manager at Merrill Lynch International in New York.
    11. Evidence like this challenges the old view that capitalism is unstable and that government is therefore needed to mitigate booms and busts.
    12. Adherence to cautionary rules and prudential doctrines can mitigate this type of conflict.
    13. As part of the review, the church agreed to mitigate the impacts of its projects on wildlife.
    14. The aim is to mitigate energy use for a Californian life-style and to spread the demand for electricity more evenly across the day.
    15. In an apparent attempt to mitigate the fall, Argonaut's board late Monday authorized the buy-back of as many as two million shares, or about 17.1%, of the company's 11.7 million common shares outstanding.
    16. Burmah's international reach will mitigate some of the downside as it gains from a strong D-Mark and lower input prices, which are dollar based.
    17. To be sure, the specialist system has never worked as well in practice as in theory, but at the margin it does mitigate the pace and severity of price fluctuations.
    18. DOI will consider, in cooperation with appropriate state, tribal and local authorities, necessary measures that may be required to mitigate any adverse environmental impacts that may arise as a result of the proposed transaction.
    19. He suggests a sales-tax rebate plan to mitigate some of the regressivity of such taxes, which some states impose even on food, gasoline and utilities.
    20. They take the edge off cold wind and mitigate the sharpness of an average frost.
    21. The importance of prudential considerations such as stare decisis is that they mitigate the manner in which this nature creates an incentive to activism.
    22. More-practical steps to mitigate traffic and the pollution that goes with it are receiving increasing attention outside the glare of politics.
    23. We just don't know how much is left." Feltman said actions against third parties can help mitigate losses.
    24. Since the Nuremberg trials, it is accepted international law that the plea of superior orders is not a defense to war-crimes charges, though it may serve to mitigate punishment.
    25. The criminal charges disappointed Ashland Oil "in light of Ashland's efforts to mitigate the spill's impact and the fact that the company quickly accepted responsibility for the incident," said Ashland spokesman Roger Schrum.
    26. There will always be unsuccessful placements due to homesickness, personality clashes, poor communication and differing expectations, but it doesn't mitigate the need for the best screening and recruiting services possible for the client.
    27. Indeed, for many capital-goods makers, rising exports mitigate the impact of the U.S. slowdown.
    28. In some such countries the IFC is also trying to mitigate the Third World debt problem.
    29. Kriz said other factors affecting the junk bond market at the time the thrifts sell their holdings may mitigate the effect of the sales.
    30. He said both these factors normally "would tend to mitigate against price increases."
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