mitigation

英 [ˌmɪtɪˈɡeɪʃn]

美 [ˌmɪtɪˈɡeɪʃn]

n.  减轻; 缓解

法律

BNC.20789 / COCA.11949

习惯用语

n.

in mitigation
• 旨在减轻罪行；意在开脱罪责
  with the aim of making a crime seem less serious or easier to forgive
• In mitigation, the defence lawyer said his client was seriously depressed at the time of the assault.
  为了减轻罪行，辩护律师说他的当事人在袭击人的时候精神极度压抑。

牛津词典

noun

• 减轻；缓解
  a reduction in how unpleasant, serious, etc. sth is

柯林斯词典

• PHRASE 为减轻罪责；为从轻处置；为了开脱
  If someone, especially in a court, is told somethingin mitigation, they are told something that makes a crime or fault easier to understand and excuse.
  1. Kieran Coonan QC told the judge in mitigation that the offences had been at the lower end of the scale...
     御用大律师基兰·库南对法官说这些罪行情节较轻，希望能够从宽判决。
  2. In mitigation, it should be pointed out that there wasn't much incentive to make world-beating wine.
     作为开脱的理由也罢，应该指出酿造举世无双的葡萄酒并没有什么实际的好处。
• N-UNCOUNT 减轻;缓解;缓和
  Mitigationis a reduction in the unpleasantness, seriousness, or painfulness of something.
  1. ...the mitigation or cure of a physical or mental condition.
     身心状况的缓和或痊愈

英英释义

noun

• the action of lessening in severity or intensity
  1. the object being control or moderation of economic depressions
  Synonym:moderation
• to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
  Synonym:extenuationpalliation
• a partial excuse to mitigate censure
  Synonym:extenuation

双语例句

• The health implications of mitigation and adaptation policies should also be investigated.
  该议程认为，还应该研究缓解和适应政策的卫生意义。
• Participating in international disaster reduction programs and carrying out international exchange and cooperation in disaster mitigation.
  与国际减轻自然灾害活动，开展国际减灾交流与合作。
• We will be following up to help developing countries integrate adaptation and mitigation strategies into their development plans.
  我们将随后帮助发展中国家把适应和缓解策略纳入其发展计划。
• How to pay for climate change adaptation and mitigation in developing countries is already a major and controversial topic.
  盯着钱。如何为发展中国家的气候变化适应和缓解工作提供资金，这已经是一个重大而具有争议的话题。
• But another reason is the countries'varying ability to harness science and technology for disaster mitigation.
  但是另外一个原因是两个国家利用科技减灾的能力不同。
• I was the United Nations expert in Disaster Mitigation for two years.
  我曾当过两年联合国减灾专家。
• Such measures will also reduce greenhouse gases and contribute to the mitigation of global warming.
  这类措施也将有益于减少温室气体，并有助于缓解全球变暖。
• Identification, assessment and mitigation of risk, corrective and preventive actions, opportunities and actions for process improvement, and control of changes to processes and products.
  风险的识别、评估和减轻；过程改进的机会和措施；对过程和产品更改的控制。
• New risk mitigation approach is conceived.
  想出了降低风险的新方法。
• Kieran Coonan QC told the judge in mitigation that the offences had been at the lower end of the scale
  御用大律师基兰·库南对法官说这些罪行情节较轻，希望能够从宽判决。