extenuation

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美

n.  偏袒的辩解; 减轻，酌情减轻；缩减；衰减；减小；低估

医学

英英释义

noun

• to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
  Synonym:mitigationpalliation
• a partial excuse to mitigate censure
  Synonym:mitigation

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• The circumstances of his marriage, too, were found to admit of much extenuation.
  他们发现，他的婚姻情况也是十分情有可原的。
• 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？
• Miss Glover could allow no extenuation of her crime.
  格洛弗小姐是不允许袒护罪过的。
• Prevalence rate of extenuation in country ( 14 37%) was higher than that in city ( 8 00%), the difference was significant ( P< 0 001).
  农村的体重过低的患病率为14.37%，高于城市的8.00%，二者差异有显著性（P<0.001）。
• Among cases treated with methylprednisolone extenuation therapy, 74 cases recovered well;
  甲泼尼龙逐日减量治疗组中74例术后呈现程度不同的恢复；
• It was a comfort to him, this extenuation.
  这借口对他是种安慰。
• 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。
• 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。