mitigation [ˌmɪtɪˈɡeɪʃn]

例句:

• 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。
  
• 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。
  
• All that makes up a plea in mitigation.
  所有这些都是审判会上的辩护词.
  
• They just rejected it as sufficient grounds for mitigation.
  来自BBC
• He is also part of the Carbon Mitigation Initiative.
  来自VOA
• Who is going to monitor and pay for the mitigation?
  来自SA