extenuate是什么意思

双语例句

(1)He was unable to say anything that might have extenuated his behaviour.

他说不出任何理由为自己的行为辩解

(2)We cannot extenuate your crime.

我们不能减轻你的罪。

(3)Nothing can extenuate his crime.

他的罪责无法减轻。

(4)Nothing can extenuate his guilt.

他的罪无法减轻。

(5)Nothing can extenuate her negligence.

她的玩忽职守是无法掩饰的。

(6)Nothing can extenuate his base conduct.

他的卑鄙行为无可掩饰。

同义词

vt. 减轻；低估；为…找借口；使人原谅

同根词

词根 extenuate

(1)extenuating adj. 情有可原的；使减轻的v. 为…找借口；能减轻…的严重性；轻视（extenuate的ing形式）

(2)extenuation n. 减轻；酌情减轻

释义

v.

[usu. as adj. extenuating]make (guilt or an offence) seem less serious or more forgivable

减轻（罪责或过错）的程度；使看起来情有可原

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具体情况。

[usu. as adj. extenuated]poetic/literary make (someone) thin

〈诗／文〉 使瘦削

drawings of extenuated figures.

瘦削人物的素描。

词源

"late Middle English （in the sense ‘make thin, emaciate’）： from Latin extenuat- ‘made thin', from the verb extenuare （based on tenuis ‘thin’）."