| 单词 |
mitigating |
| 释义 |
▪ I. mitigating, vbl. n.|ˈmɪtɪgeɪtɪŋ| [f. mitigate v. + -ing1.] The action of the verb mitigate.
a1683Sidney Disc. Govt. iii. xv. (1704) 287 The power of mitigating is inseperable from that of instituting. ▪ II. mitigating, ppl. a.|ˈmɪtɪgeɪtɪŋ| [f. mitigate v. + -ing2.] Alleviating, extenuating, palliating.
1612Webster White Devil F 2, Beare me hence, Vnto this house of what's your mittigating Title? Mon. Of conuertites. 1749Fielding Tom Jones Wks. 1775 III. 205 I..have more than once applied to the judge on the behalf of such [highwaymen] as have had any mitigating circumstances in their case. 1841Macaulay Ess., Hastings (1850) 636 He could see no mitigating circumstances, no redeeming merit. 1903R. D. Shaw Pauline Epist. 323 The Mosaic legislation [dealing with slavery] was essentially mitigating and restricting. |

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