mitigation
n. 缓和；减轻；镇静
近义词：diminution，inspiration，extenuation，moderation，palliation，vindication，justification，qualification，modification，alleviation，easing，improvement，lessening，relief，
英英释义
Noun
- to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
- a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances
- the action of lessening in severity or intensity;
"the object being control or moderation of economic depressions"
例句
用作名词(n.)
- You can hardly urge that in mitigation of the offence.你简直不能够去作那样的恳求来减轻这一过错。
- The intertwined strategies of mitigation and adaptation will be the topics of future columns.减轻压力与适应灾变的种种策略，将会是本专栏未来的议题。