英语词汇“mitigate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	mitigate
释义	mitigate —mitigable /mit"i geuh beuhl/, adj. —mitigatedly, adv. —mitigation, n. —mitigative, mitigatory /mit"i geuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/, adj. —mitigator, n. /mit"i gayt'/, v. , mitigated, mitigating. v.t. 1. to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate. 2. to make less severe: to mitigate a punishment. 3. to make (a person, one's state of mind, disposition, etc.) milder or more gentle; mollify; appease. v.i. 4. to become milder; lessen in severity. [1375-1425; late ME mitigaten < L mitigatus (ptp. of mitigare to calm, soften, soothe), equiv. to mit(is) mild, soft, gentle + -ig- (comb. form of agere to do, cause to do, make) + -atus -ATE¹] Usage. MITIGATE, whose central meaning is "to lessen" or "make less severe," is sometimes confused with MILITATE, "to have effect or influence," in the phrase mitigate against: This criticism in no way militates (not mitigates) against your going ahead with your research. Although this use of MITIGATE occasionally occurs in edited writing, it is rare and is widely regarded as an error.
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