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查询技巧:
1、输入单个单词准确查询。
2、使用%模糊查询,匹配任意长度字符:
   %a    以a结尾的单词;
   ab%    以ab开头的单词;
   %ac%    含有ac的单词。
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   ac_    三位且ac开头的单词;
   _a    两位且a结尾的单词;
   a_    两位且a开头的单词。
4、带连字符-的单词,需含-字符才能模糊查询,如well-know需输入 well-% 。
5、在手机键盘上,如果g上有%和v上有_,则可长按输入。

extenuation
考博

英 / ɪksˈtenjʊˈeɪʃən /
美 / ɪkˈstenjuˈeɪʃən /
n. 减轻;酌量;【电】降低;衰减

1. It was a comfort to him, this extenuation.
这借口对他是种安慰。
2. Counsel pleaded the accused's age in extenuation of his actions.
律师以被告年龄为由要求减轻其行为过错。
3. 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。
4. The circumstances of his marriage, too, were found to admit of much extenuation.
他们发现,他的婚姻情况也是十分情有可原的。
5. Were such a man once more to fall, what plea could be urged in extenuation of his crime?
倘使象他这样一个人再次堕落的话,还能为减轻罪行作何辩白呢?