extenuation
英 [?k,stenj?'e???n]
美 [?k'st?nj?'e??n]
英文詞源
- 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).
雙語例句
- 1. Miss Glover could allow no extenuation of her crime.
- 格洛弗小姐是不允許袒護罪過的.
來自辭典例句
- 2. It was a comfort to him, this extenuation.
- 這借口對他是種安慰.
來自辭典例句
- 3. Counsel pleaded the accused's age in extenuation of his actions.
- 律師以被告年齡為由要求減輕其行為過錯.
來自口語例句
- 4. The lawyer pleaded his client's youth in extenuation of the crime.
- 律師以其當事人年少為由請求減輕其罪行.
來自互聯網
- 5. He always said the same thing in extenuation of the circumstance.
- 他老說這句話來打圓場.
來自互聯網