单词：extenuation
音标：[ik.stenju'eiʃәn] ；
n. 酌情减轻, 减轻
[医] 减轻, 减量, 细小, 消瘦
[医] 减轻, 减量, 细小, 消瘦
n. a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances
n. to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
n. to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
词型变化：名词复数形式 : extenuations
extenuation的用法和样例：
例句
用作名词(n.)
- 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。
- 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。
经典引文
Some excuse, some theory in extenuation of his behaviour, is..urgently needed.
出自：P. G. Wodehouse
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