extenuation
发音
英 [ɪks'tenjʊ'eɪʃən]
美 [ɪk'stenjʊ'eɪʃən]
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- n.
- 减轻罪孽的借口
- 酌情减轻
- <古>细
单词词源
双语例句
- 1. 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。
- 2. He pleaded poverty in extenuation of ie as an excuse for the theft .
- 他以贫穷为藉口请求为他犯的偷窃罪从轻量刑。
- 3. Judge : do you have anything to say in mitigation or extenuation before I pass sentence ?
- 法官：在我宣读判决书前，你想说点什么求饶之类的话吗？
- 4. Her plea of ignorance of the law in extenuation of her crime was not accepted .
- 她以不知法作为减轻罪行的借口没有被接受。
- 5. Were such a man once more to fall , what plea could be urged in extenuation of his crime ?
- 倘使象他这样一个人再次堕落的话，还能为减轻罪行作何辩白呢？