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extenuate
  • 英语发声
  • 美语发声
  • v. 减轻(过错等)的程度,使看起来情有可原;(文)使瘦削
  • 网络释义

    1、使显得轻微
    ... tenuous adj.细的;稀薄的 extenuate vt.使显得轻微 uniform vt.使成一样, 使穿制服adj.统一的, 相同的, 一致的, 始终如一的, 均衡的n.制服 ...
    2、使人原谅
    ... extemporize即席演说 extenuate减轻;使人原谅 extinct绝种的;熄灭了的 ...
    3、掩饰
    ... extend延展,延长;舒展(肢体) extenuate掩饰(罪行),减轻罪过 exterminate消灭,灭绝 ...

    短语

    extenuate e使人原谅;减轻

    Hexyl Extenuate异丁酸叶醇酯

    attenuate extenuate减轻

    Nothing can extenuate such cruelty他力图减轻其罪

    Nothing can extenuate his guilt他的罪无法减轻

    couldn't extenuate the malfeasance不能掩饰罪过

    专业释义

    法学
    • 使显得轻微

    英英释义

    extenuate [ ik'stenjueit ]

    v.lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of

    "The circumstances extenuate the crime"

    同义词:palliatemitigate




    英汉双解大词典

    extenuate /ɪkˈstɛnjʊˌeɪt/

    • 1.  

      V(动词) to represent (an offence, a fault, etc) as being less serious than it appears, as by showing mitigating circumstances 企图减轻(罪行、过错等的)严重性