extenuation

[ɪks'tenjʊ'eɪʃən][ɪk'stenjʊ'eɪʃən]
n.减轻罪孽的借口;酌情减轻;细
网络减小;衰弱;衷减;细小
双语例句 同反义词

1 . Miss Glover could allow no extenuation of her crime.

格洛弗小姐是不允许袒护罪过的.

来自辞典例句

2 . It was a comfort to him, this extenuation .

这借口对他是种安慰.

来自辞典例句

3 . Counsel pleaded the accused's age in extenuation of his actions.

律师以被告年龄为由要求减轻其行为过错.

来自口语例句

4 . The lawyer pleaded his client's youth in extenuation of the crime.

律师以其当事人年少为由请求减轻其罪行.

来自互联网

5 . He always said the same thing in extenuation of the circumstance.

他老说这句话来打圆场.

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英英释义 网络释义
noun

1.a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances

2.to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious