法律术语之Diminished Capacity

Diminished Capacity，行为能力减退；能力减弱标准。

Diminished Capacity：an unbalanced mental state that is considered to make a person unable to act with the intent necessary for a particular crime and is recognized as grounds to reduce the charge.

不平衡的精神状态，被认为使一个人无法按照某一特定犯罪的必要意图行事，并被认为是减轻指控的理由。

该标准允许被告人提交精神病学专家证据，以证明他缺乏指控犯罪所需的犯罪心态。如果辩护成功，那么患精神病的被告人将被无罪释放或被定较轻的罪并受到较轻的处罚。

参考双语例句：

Every individual has the capacity to exercise rights and to enter into contractual obligations, except for those who have diminished capacity by reasons of minority or other legal incapability, such as suffering from severe impairments that prevent them from taking care of themselves or of their assets.

(因遭受严重损伤而无能力处理人身及财产事务之人)，任何人均有行为能力去行使权利及履行合同义务

Given the ongoing seismic hazards and the upcoming cyclonic season, as well as the diminished capacity available in Haiti, UNESCO contributed through IOC to a Natural Hazard Assessment Team (NATHAT) led by the World Bank, Haiti’s Direction de Protection Civile (DPC) and Ministère de l’Intérieur et des Collectivités Territoriales (MICT) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB).

鉴于现在的地震灾害、即将到来的旋风季节和海地现有能力的削弱，教科文组织通过政府间海洋学委员会参与了由世界银行、海地民防署、内政与领地部和泛美开发银行牵头的自然灾害评估小组（NATHAT）的工作。

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