extenuate 详细解释

extenuate

[iks'tenjueit]

vt. <古>减轻, 使人原谅, 使变瘦

词形变化

形容词: extenuative | 名词: extenuator | 动词过去式: extenuated | 动词过去分词: extenuated | 动词现在分词: extenuating | 动词第三人称单数: extenuates |

词义辨析

同义参见:

lower  lessen  favor  

英英释义

动词 extenuate:

lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of

同义词：palliate, mitigate

补充

extenuateextenuate英:[eksˈtenjueit] 美:[ɪkˈstɛnjuˌet]vt.1.(用偏袒的辩解或借口)减轻2.低估, 藐视

例句

1. to extenuate a crime用借口来减轻罪行的严重性 2. Nothing can extenuate her negligence.她的玩忽职守是无法掩饰的。 3. Do not extenuate the difficulties we are in.不要低估我们所处的困境。 4. hunger and poverty are not treated by the courts as extenuating circumstances.饥饿和贫穷没有被法庭视为可以减轻罪行的条件。 5. drawings of extenuated figures.瘦削人物的素描。

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