单词：extenuates
音标：[ɪkˈstenju:ˌeɪts] ；
v. （用偏袒的辩解或借口）减轻( extenuate的第三人称单数 ); 低估, 藐视
v lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
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