Diminished responsibility
[法] 减轻的责任
📖 牛津释义
diminished responsibility
(law 律) state of mind in which an accused person cannot be held fully responsible for a crime 减轻的刑事责任（被告因精神失常不能对其罪行完全负责）.
🧩 词语组成解析
a. 减退了的；减弱的
responsibility
[rɪ,spɑnsə'bɪləti]
n. 责任;职责;责任感，责任心;负责任;
re 再、重复 + spons承诺 + ibility 抽象名词 → n. (U)责任,责任心; 职责,义务
🗣️ 情景例句
She liked Pete, and they went to dances together.
她喜欢Pete， 他们也一起去跳舞。
Life without friend is death.
没有朋友的生活便等于死亡。
If it is not a question of resting the body, then perhaps it is the brain that needs resting? This might be a plausible hypothesis were it not for two factors.
如果睡眠的功能不是在于使身体得到休息，那么也许是让大脑得以休息？若不是下面两点，这种假使似乎是有道理的。