extenuation

英[ɪks'tenjʊ'eɪʃən] 美[ɪk'stenjʊ'eɪʃən]
  • n. 酌量减轻；减轻
  • extemporal adj.无准备的(即席的；临时的；权宜之计的)
  • extemporary adj.当场的；即兴的
  • extempore adj.即兴的；当场的adv.即席地；无准备地
  • extemporise vt.当场作成
  • extemporize v.即席演说；即兴演奏；当场作成=extemporise（英）.

详细释义

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

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

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. 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。
    2. We will be guilty of criminal negligence, without extenuation, if we permit future famines.
      如果我们允许未来的饥荒发生，我们就是在犯罪，而且没有什么能减轻我们的罪责。

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