['m?t?ge?t]
vt.
使緩和，使溫和，使鎮(zhèn)靜：
to mitigate danger
緩和危險
減輕(痛苦、懲罰)：
The judge said that nothing could mitigate the cruelty with which the mother had treated her child.
法官說，這位母親虐待孩子，罪行無法減輕。
new economic measures to help mitigate the effects of the recession
有助于減輕經(jīng)濟衰退影響的新經(jīng)濟措施
vi.
緩和下來；減輕
變形：
vt.
mitigated
. mitigating