n. 1.减轻；酌量。 2.【电学】降低；衰减。 短语和例子 plead circumstances in extenuation of one's guilt 请求酌情减轻罪行。
to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious 同义词：mitigation, palliation,
a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances 同义词：mitigation,
例句与用法
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It was a comfort to him, this extenuation . 这借口对他是种安慰。
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Miss glover could allow no extenuation of her crime . 格洛弗小姐是不允许袒护罪过的。
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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。
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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。
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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
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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。
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" but i somehow just can t , " he said in extenuation . " after i ve ben workin like hell all week i just got to booze up “可我不知道为什么就是戒不掉， ”他辩解道， “累死累活干了一星期总想喝个痛快。
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