首页extenuationextenuation的意思
extenuation
英 [ɪk,stenjʊ'eɪʃən]
美[ɪk'stɛnjʊ'eʃən]
- n. 减轻；酌情减轻
英文词源
- extenuation (n.)
- early 15c., from Latin extenuationem (nominative extenuatio) "a lessening, diminution," noun of action from past participle stem of extenuare "lessen, reduce, diminish" (see extenuate).
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