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extenuation
英 [ɪksˈtenjʊˈeɪʃən] 美 [ɪkˈstenjuˈeɪʃən]

  • n. 减轻；酌情减轻

专业释义英英释义

  • 减罪

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extenuation [ ik,stenju'eiʃən ]

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

      同义词： mitigation

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

      同义词： mitigation palliation

以上来源于: WordNet

同近义词同根词

词根： extenuate

adj.

extenuating 情有可原的；使减轻的

v.

extenuating 为…找借口；能减轻…的严重性；轻视（extenuate的ing形式）

vt.

extenuate 减轻；低估；为…找借口；使人原谅

双语例句

  • It was a comfort to him, this extenuation.

    这借口对他是种安慰。

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  • 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。

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  • The circumstances of his marriage, too, were found to admit of much extenuation.

    他们发现，他的婚姻情况也是十分情有可原的。

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