There's no room for any excuse for what you have done.
你的所作所为没有辩解的余地。
Will his judges be so inclined to be lenient?
他的判断那么容易流于宽大吗?
but as soon as a the question of prestige arises, as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgraced if you lose, the most savage combative instincts are aroused.