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extenuation

英[ɪks\'tenjʊ\'eɪʃən]
美[ɪk\'stenjʊ\'eɪʃən]

基本释义

  • n.减轻罪孽的借口; 酌情减轻; <古>细

实用例句

Miss Glover could allow no extenuation of her crime.

格洛弗小姐是不允许袒护罪过的.

辞典例句

It was a comfort to him, this extenuation.

这借口对他是种安慰.

辞典例句

He pleaded circumstances in extenuation of his guilt.

他请求酌情减轻他的罪.

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He pleaded poverty in extenuation of ( ie as an excuse for ) the theft.

他以贫穷为藉口请求为他犯的偷窃罪从轻量刑.

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Judge: Do you have anything to say in mitigation or extenuation before I pass sentence?

法官: 在我宣读判决书前,你想说点什么求饶之类的话 吗 ?

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英英释义

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

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