extenuation meaning in English
n.
1.减轻；酌量。
2.【电学】降低；衰减。
短语和例子
Examples
- It was a comfort to him, this extenuation .
这借口对他是种安慰。 - Miss glover could allow no extenuation of her crime .
格洛弗小姐是不允许袒护罪过的。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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