extenuating circumstance
基本解释
- 情有可原的情况
- 可使罪行减轻的情况
英汉例句
- Even though you really were in an extenuating circumstance, I'm sorry, I still can't offer you forgiveness.
虽然你当时的处境使得你做的一切情有可原,但对不起,我仍然无法原谅你。 - He tells me I should take off early, that my boss will understand because this is an extenuating circumstance.
他说我应该可以提前下班,我的老板会理解的,因为毕竟情有可原。 - But looking back on it, resisting the temptation whose logic was “In this extenuating circumstance, just this once, it’s OK” has proven to be one of the most important decisions of my life.
但回头看看,抵御这种“这次的情况很特殊,仅仅做这次应该是可以的吧”的逻辑证明是我一生中作出的最重要的决定之一。 - Thus, their stay in Canada was a summer vacation that was extended due to the extenuating circumstance of the lockout.
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