extenuation

基本解釋

Were such a man once more to fall, what plea could be urged in extenuation of his crime?
倘使象他這樣一個(gè)人再次墮落的話，還能爲(wèi)減輕罪行作何辯白呢？
"Imprudent people are often kind, " said Mrs. Archer, as if the fact were scarcely an extenuation;
“輕率的人經(jīng)常是出於好心的，”阿切爾太太說(shuō)，倣彿這也很難爲(wèi)其開脫。
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But arthur dimmesdale! Were such a man once more to fall what plea could be urged in extenuation of his crime?
但亞瑟?丁梅斯代爾可不同！倘使象他這樣一個(gè)人再次墮落的話，還能爲(wèi)減輕罪行作何辯白呢？