解释
- vt. 减轻；低估；为…找借口；使人原谅
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英文词源
- extenuate (v.)
- 1520s, from Latin extenuatus, past participle of extenuare "lessen, make small, reduce, diminish, detract from," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + tenuare "make thin," from tenuis "thin" (see tenet). Used over the years in a variety of literal and figurative senses in English. Related: Extenuated; extenuating. Extenuating circumstances (1660s) are those which lessen the magnitude of guilt (opposed to aggravating).
例句和用法
- 1. Nothing can extenuate his crime.
- 他的罪责无法减轻.
- 2. Nothing can extenuate such appalling behaviour.
- 这种骇人听闻的行径罪无可恕.
- 3. Nothing can extenuate his guilt.
- 他的罪无法减轻.
- 4. Nothing can extenuate her negligence.
- 她的玩忽职守是无法掩饰的。
- 5. Nothing can extenuate such cruelty.
- 如此残忍(的行为)不可原谅.
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