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mitigation

🇺🇸 /mˌɪtɪɡˈeɪʃʌn/
noun 编号: M01905 BNC #20789 COCA #11949
名词,指对有害、令人不快或风险较高的事物进行缓解、减轻的措施或效果。
💡 记忆钩子
把“伤害”想成一股冲过来的水,mitigation 就像堤坝或缓冲垫:先把冲击减弱,因此既可指减轻不良后果的过程,也可指具体的缓解措施。
📖 中文释义
noun
  • core 缓解;减轻
    📖 指让伤害、不适、风险或其他令人不快的影响变小,而不是把问题完全消除;也可以指达到这一效果的具体办法。
    💡 常用结构是 mitigation of + 名词,例如表示对风险、损害或影响的缓解;谈具体做法时常说 mitigation measures。它是较正式的名词,不能像普通动词那样直接说“mitigation 某事”,应使用介词结构或搭配相应的动词。中文学习者容易把它只理解成“赔偿”,但它强调的是减轻影响,不一定包含补偿。
    countable uncountable
    Planting trees can provide some mitigation of the summer heat.
    植树可以在一定程度上缓解夏季的炎热。
    The company introduced several mitigation measures to reduce the risk of data loss.
    公司采取了几项缓解措施,以降低数据丢失的风险。
mitigations plural
📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 3 组
the action of lessening in severity or intensity
同义词集: moderation mitigation
the object being control or moderation of economic depressions
上位: decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down
to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
同义词集: extenuation mitigation palliation
上位: decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down
a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances
同义词集: extenuation mitigation
上位: alibi, exculpation, excuse, self-justification
🌳 词源
源自中古法语 mitigation,最终源自拉丁语 mitigatio,含有“使变缓和、减轻”之意。
From Middle French mitigation, from Latin mītigātiō.
🔄 变式
mitigations plural
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