extenuating
英 [ɪkˈstenjueɪtɪŋ]
美 [ɪkˈstenjueɪtɪŋ]
adj. 情有可原的; 可减轻的
v. 减轻（罪行、过错）；为…找借口；使人原谅; 低估；藐视
extenuate的现在分词
现在分词：extenuating
COCA.39305
牛津词典
adj.
- 情有可原的；可减轻的
showing reasons why a wrong or illegal act, or a bad situation, should be judged less seriously or excused- There were extenuating circumstances and the defendant did not receive a prison sentence.
因有可减轻罪行的情节被告未被判刑。
- There were extenuating circumstances and the defendant did not receive a prison sentence.
柯林斯词典
- ADJ 情有可原的;可减轻处罚的
If you say that there areextenuatingcircumstances for a bad situation or wrong action, you mean that there are reasons or factors which partly excuse it.- The defendants decide to admit their guilt, but insist that there are extenuating circumstances.
被告方决定认罪，但是坚称有从轻情节。
- The defendants decide to admit their guilt, but insist that there are extenuating circumstances.
英英释义
adj
- partially excusing or justifying
- extenuating circumstances
双语例句
- Roy: So we are all going to suck it up and let her take us to her master, where we will do our best to explain the extenuating circumstances.
所以，我们要一起摆平这件事情，让她带我们去见她的主人，在那儿我们要竭尽全力说明这事是情有可原的。 - "He did misappropriate the public funds, but there were extenuating circumstances."
“他的确挪用了公款，但有可以减轻罪责的情况。” - The restraint of an individual outside such extenuating circumstances, or the use of excessive force, is unjustifiable.
若个人约束超出这种范围，或是过度使用武力，这就是不正当。 - There are extenuating circumstances that could operate in your favor.
一些情有可原的事实可能对你有利。 - There are extenuating circumstances why I was late; the intercity train broke down and we had to wait more than an hour for a replacement.
我的迟到情有可原：市际火车发生故障，结果我们只得等待一个多小时更换火车。 - In his great mercy, the jury awards of extenuating circumstances condemned the conditions listed below.
在他的伟大仁慈，陪审团裁决的情有可原的情况下受到谴责的情况如下。 - The exception was the large-scale assistance to the financial and auto sectors, especially in the US, which at least had the extenuating argument that the assistance was aimed at averting extinction rather than providing a competitive boost.
唯一的例外就是对金融业与汽车业的大规模援助，尤其是在美国。但这么做至少有一个情有可原的理由，即援助旨在阻止企业破产，而不是提升它的竞争力。 - Mswest, there are extenuating circumstances in this case.
韦斯特女士，这个案子是情有可原的。 - He stole the money, but there are extenuating circumstances.
他是偷了钱，但有可以减轻罪责的情况。 - However, in the 1996 promulgation of the Administrative Punishment Law do not see the serious circumstances in respect of some only relief, the provisions of extenuating circumstances.
然而，在1996年颁布实施的行政处罚法中却看不到有关严重情节方面的规定，有的只是减轻、从轻情节方面的规定。