n.缓和；减轻；镇静
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。
