音标:[ik'stenjueit] ;
vt. 减轻, 为...找借口
[法] 减轻, 低估, 藐视
v. lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
词型变化:现在分词 : extenuating ; 名词复数形式 : extenuates ; 过去式 : extenuated ; 第三人称单数 : extenuates ; 过去分词 : extenuated
考试类型:[托福/GRE]

extenuate的用法和样例:

例句

  1. Because of extenuating circumstances, the court acquitted him of the crime.因考虑到情有可原,法庭判他无罪。
  2. Nothing can extenuate such appalling behavior.这种骇人听闻的行径罪不可恕。

经典引文

  • The prisoner's age and previous good character were extenuating circumstances.

    出自:B. Bainbridge
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