extenuate

extenuate音标

英 [ɪks'tenjʊeɪt]

美 [ɪkˈstɛnjuˌet]

extenuate基本释义

vt. 减轻； 使人原谅； 使变瘦

extenuate用法及例句

verb

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

e.g. The circumstances extenuate the crime

Synonym: palliatemitigate

1. 减轻：extend 延长 | extenuate 减轻 | exterior 外在的; 外面,外表

2. 使(罪过等)显得轻微：exhume#从墓中掘出 | extenuate#使(罪过等)显得轻微 | extol#颂扬

3. 掩饰(罪行),减轻罪过：extant 现存的,传世的 | extemporize 即席演说 | extenuate 掩饰(罪行),减轻罪过

4. extenuate

4. 低估：extenttable 范围表 | extenuate 低估 | extenuation 低估

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

出自：B. Bainbridge

近义词

临近词

mitigate减轻

palliate减轻

lessen减少

favor偏爱

lower低的

EXT

Extenics matter element

Extensor indicis muscle

extermely low frequency

extened launder furnace

extensible-link servo

extremal self dual code

Extar

extruding-drawing die

extroversive perception

extempore accompaniment

extensity of prehension

相关列句

We cannot extenuate your crime.(我们不能减轻你的罪。)

Nothing can extenuate her negligence.(她的玩忽职守是无法掩饰的。)

Nothing can extenuate his crime.(他的罪责无法减轻。)

Nothing can extenuate such appalling behaviour.(这种骇人听闻的行径罪无可恕。)

Nothing can extenuate his guilt.(他的罪无法减轻。)

"I haven't finished telling my tale," Fred replied. "What could possibly be so important as to extenuate your hasty departure in the middle of my story?"(“我还没讲完我的故事，”弗雷德回答，“有什么事情如此重要竟成为你们中途匆匆离开的借口呢？”)

Nothing can extenuate such appalling behavior.(这种骇人听闻的行径罪不可恕。)

Nothing can extenuate his base conduct.(他的卑鄙行为无可掩饰。)

And in the design of the additional layer of the noise-damping tower, the light-weight steel framework, the light-weight wall body and the rubber isolating layer are adopted to extenuate the shaking.(在加层设计中，有效地运用了轻钢结构体系、轻质墙体和橡胶垫隔震层来减轻震动的作用。)