来自mitigate,减轻。

1. 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。

2. 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。

3. All that makes up a plea in mitigation.

所有这些都是审判会上的辩护词.

4. Defense counsel made a speech in mitigation.

为获判刑被告律师做了发言.

5. But the project goes beyond disaster prevention and mitigation.

但该项目超出了预防和减轻灾害.