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小词详解 | mitigate
mitigate 英 [ˈmɪtɪɡeɪt] 美 [ˈmɪtɪɡeɪt]
Globalisation made the world a better place for almost everyone. But too little was done to mitigate its costs.
对几乎所有人来说,全球化都让世界变得更加美好。但为减轻全球化的代价所做的还是太少了。
——《经济学人》People sense this, and when on the phone they drive slower and increase their following distance, but they are far too confident that these measures mitigate risk.
人们意识到了这一点,当他们打电话时会放慢速度,增加同前方车辆的距离,但他们过于自信,觉得这些措施就可以降低风险。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] 使不那么恶劣、严重或痛苦
alleviate: to make something bad such as pain or problems less severe moderate: to become or make sth become less extreme, severe, etc. assuage: to make unpleasant feelings less strong