extenuation

单词extenuation

基本解释

n.: 减轻；酌量；【电】降低；衰减
网络: 减小；酌情减轻；衰弱

英汉解释

• 【电学】降低;衰减

• 减轻;酌量

• 开脱

• 衰弱

• 借口

同义词

n.mitigationvindicationjustificationqualificationmoderation

例句

• It must be remembered, in extenuation of this primitive young woman, that she held these opinions in an age of general darkness.

  我们必须为这些幼稚无知的姑娘开脱一下，她是在一个普遍蒙昧的时代就持有这些看法了。

• Were such a man once more to fall, what plea could be urged in extenuation of his crime?

  倘使像他这样一个人再次堕落的话，还能为减轻罪行作何辩白呢？

• 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。

• Miss Glover could allow no extenuation of her crime.

  格洛弗小姐是不允许袒护罪过的。

• 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。

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

  他以贫穷为借口请求为他犯的偷窃罪从轻量刑。

• 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。

• 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。

• Extenuation or mitigation of the penalty

  减轻罪行或减轻刑罚