中英互译
extenuating circumstances
基本释义
- 减轻情况：在评判某个行为或决定时，可以减轻其严重性或责任的特定情况或因素。
双语例句
- There were extenuating circumstances and the defendant did not receive a prison sentence.因有可减轻罪行的情节被告未被判刑。来自《牛津词典》
- The defendants decide to admit their guilt, but insist that there are extenuating circumstances.被告们决定认罪，但坚称有情有可原的情节。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- He stole the money, but there are extenuating circumstances.他是偷了钱，但有可以减轻罪责的情况。
网络短语
- under extenuating circumstances情有可原
- extenuating and mitigating circumstances可谅解性
英英释义
- In law, extenuating circumstances in criminal cases are unusual or extreme facts leading up to or attending the perpetration of the offense which, though an offense has been perpetrated without legal justification or excuse, mitigate or reduce its gravity from the point of view of punishment or moral opprobrium.