When you mitigate something, you make it less bad — less painful, less dangerous, or less serious. You do not wipe the problem out; you take some of the harm away.

When you當你 mitigate mitigate something某件事 you你就是 make it less bad讓它變得比較不糟 less painful, less dangerous, or less serious比較不痛、比較不危險，或比較不嚴重。 You你 do not wipe the problem out不是把問題整個消除掉 ; you而是 take some of the harm away把一部分的傷害拿掉。

A doctor may mitigate pain with medicine. A city may plant trees to mitigate flooding.

A doctor醫生 may mitigate可能會 mitigate pain疼痛 with medicine用藥物來。 A city城市 may plant trees可能會種樹來 to mitigate flooding淹水的問題。

Companies talk about mitigating risk, meaning they add a plan so the worst result is less likely, or less damaging if it happens. News and school writing use it a lot for climate change: to mitigate climate change is to try to slow the harm.

Companies公司 talk about mitigating risk常講 mitigating risk（減輕風險） meaning意思是 they add a plan他們多加一個方案 so the worst result讓最壞的結果 is less likely比較不容易發生 or less damaging if it happens或就算發生了傷害也比較小。 News and school writing新聞和學校作文 use it a lot for climate change很常拿它來講氣候變遷 : to mitigate climate changemitigate climate change is就是 to try to slow the harm想辦法讓傷害變慢一點。

The word feels formal. In everyday talk people often say reduce, ease, or lessen.

The word這個字 feels formal聽起來比較正式。 In everyday talk日常說法裡 people大家 often say比較常說 reduce, ease, or lessenreduce、ease，或 lessen。

You mitigate a thing (pain, damage, effects, risk), not a person — though actually, older English could mean “calm someone down,” and you almost never hear that now.

You你 mitigate mitigate a thing的對象是一件事 (pain, damage, effects, risk)（疼痛、損害、影響、風險） not a person不是一個人 — though actually不過實際上 older English較早的英文 could mean也可以用它表示 "calm someone down,"「讓某人冷靜下來」 and you almost never hear that now只是現在幾乎聽不到這個用法了。