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单词 exculpate
释义
exculpate
verb[T]
formal
uk
/ˈek.skəl.peɪt/us
/ˈek.skəl.peɪt/
toremoveblamefrom someone:
为…开脱；证明…无罪
Thepilotof theaircraftwillsurelybe exculpated when all thefactsareknown.当一切真相大白时，肯定可以证明飞行员是没有过错的。
Synonyms
clear
exonerateformal
Opposite
convict
Compare
acquit
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Innocent
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  • acquit
  • acquittal
  • be above/beyond reproachidiom
  • be in the clearidiom
  • beat
  • beat the rapidiom
  • clear
  • come up/out smelling of rosesidiom
  • culpability
  • culpably
  • exculpatory
  • exonerate
  • innocence
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  • innocently
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exculpatory
(Definition ofexculpatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofexculpate

exculpate
This shows that willingness to do everything possible to help the embryo survive is not sufficient toexculpatethe agents from the charge of instrumentalization.
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Instead, consistent with his own left-liberal politics, he exculpated the state's bourgeois critics by celebrating the emancipatory potential of rational criticism.
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Accordingly, exculpatory defences ought to be structured so as to allow any honest misperception that blocks the requisite inference toexculpateregardless of its unreasonableness.
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Defenders of technology point to the lack of financial resources andexculpatetechnology from criticism.
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Proportionality cannot be the issue because the doctrine of double effect was designed toexculpatepeople from the wrong of intending a forbidden act.
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He culpably caused the condition that would negate the prima facie case, but not with purpose, knowledge or recklessness that he would be exculpated.
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But such an approach would allow sincere mistakes of law toexculpateas well (p. 180 + 2).
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From time immemorial, of course, negligence by the injured employee that contributed significantly to causing the accident had exculpated the employer.
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When should ignorance of lawexculpate?
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The third death mirrors the second insofar as "expert" inquiry into the situation reveals previously hidden lines of causation, which this time inculpate rather thanexculpateanother character.
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And when she will have to render the account of her deeds, she cannot attribute her beliefs and deeds to her menfolk in order to get herself exculpated.
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I am glad that he and his colleagues have exculpated me of bowling googlies.
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Hansard archive
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Neither the armed forces nor the secret services have been exculpated as a consequence of the peace treaties.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
According to him, the police could be exculpated from all responsibility for the loss of confidence that has occurred.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The word "exculpate" applies the idea of having committed some fault.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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