英汉词典

extenuation 基本解释

n.

减轻罪孽的借口；酌情减轻；细；

英英释义

extenuation[ ik,stenju'eiʃən ]

n.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

to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious

同义词：mitigationpalliation

extenuation 相关例句

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. 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。
2. 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。

权威例句

Extenuation
Overproduction of human Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase in transfected cells: extenuation of paraquat-mediated cytotoxicity and enhanceme...
From Denial to Extenuation (and Finally Beyond): Political Sophistication and Citizen Performance
Thinking about Political Psychology: From Denial to Extenuation (and Finally Beyond): Political Sophistication and Citizen Performance
Extenuation of saline solutes in shallow aquifer of a small tropical island: a case study of Manukan Island, North Borneo.
Homer Gets a Warm Hug: A Note on Ignorance and Extenuation
Extenuation of Stress and Defects in GaN Films Grown on a Metal–Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition-GaN/c-Sapphire Substrate by Plasm...
Extenuation of stress and defects in GaN films grown on MOCVD-GaN/c-sapphire substrate by PAMBE
Extenuation of voltage harmonics in PWM AC chopper using Differential Evolution
A modified approach for recognition and eradication of extenuation of gray-hole attack in MANET using AODV routing protocol