extenuation
英 [ɪk,stenjʊ'eɪʃən]
美[ɪk'stɛnjʊ'eʃən]
- n. 减轻；酌情减轻
近义词
diminution
英英释义
- 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
实用场景例句
- 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.
互联网
- 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.
互联网
- 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 ?
互联网
双语例句
- 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.
来自互联网
英文词源
- extenuation (n.)
- early 15c., from Latin extenuationem (nominative extenuatio) "a lessening, diminution," noun of action from past participle stem of extenuare "lessen, reduce, diminish" (see extenuate).