单词:extenuated
音标:[ɪkˈstenju:ˌeɪtid] ;
v. (用偏袒的辩解或借口)减轻( extenuate的过去式和过去分词 ); 低估, 藐视
imp. & p. p. of Extenuate
extenuate的用法和样例:
例句
- 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。
- 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