中英互译
extenuation
英 /ɪksˈtenjʊˈeɪʃən/美 /ɪkˈstenjuˈeɪʃən/
基本释义
- n.减轻；酌情减轻
双语例句
- It was a comfort to him, this extenuation.这借口对他是种安慰。
- 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。
- 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。
网络短语
- extenuation of a crime减轻罪行
- elastic extenuation弹性衰减
词语扩展
n.
减轻；酌情减轻
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
英英释义
- n.a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances
- n.to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious