in mitigationlawSCT if you say something in mitigation, you try to make someone’s crime or mistake seem less serious or show that they were not completely responsible 为减轻罪责,为了开脱 The captain added, in mitigation, that the engines may have been faulty. 为了减轻责任,船长补充说发动机可能出了毛病。
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