1 PHRASE 为减轻罪责；为从轻处置；为了开脱 If someone, especially in a court, is told something in mitigation, they are told something that makes a crime or fault easier to understand and excuse. 为减轻罪责；为从轻处置；为了开脱 [formal]
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Kieran Coonan QC told the judge in mitigation that the offences had been at the lower end of the scale.
御用大律师基兰·库南对法官说这些罪行情节较轻，希望能够从宽判决。
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In mitigation, it should be pointed out that there wasn't much incentive to make world-beating wine.
作为开脱的理由也罢，应该指出酿造举世无双的葡萄酒并没有什么实际的好处。
2 N-UNCOUNT 减轻;缓解;缓和 Mitigation is a reduction in the unpleasantness, seriousness, or painfulness of something. 减轻;缓解;缓和 [formal]
SYN relief, moderation, allaying, remission
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