extenuate，英語單詞，主要用作動詞，作動詞時譯為“減輕（過錯等）的程度，使看起來情有可原；（文）使瘦削”。
基本介紹
- 外文名：extenuate
- 詞性：動詞
- 英式發音：[ɪk'stenjʊeɪt; ek-]
- 美式發音：[ɪk'stɛnjʊet]
單詞用法,短語搭配,雙語例句,
單詞用法
V to represent (an offence, a fault, etc) as being less serious than it appears, as by showing mitigating circumstances 企圖減輕(罪行、過錯等的)嚴重性
短語搭配
extenuate e 使人原諒 ; 減輕
Hexyl Extenuate 異丁酸葉醇酯
attenuate extenuate 減輕
Nothing can extenuate such cruelty 他力圖減輕其罪
Nothing can extenuate his guilt 他的罪無法減輕
couldn't extenuate the malfeasance 不能掩飾罪過
雙語例句
We cannot extenuate your crime.
我們不能減輕你的罪。
Nothing can extenuate her negligence.
她的玩忽職守是無法掩飾的。
"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?"
“我還沒講完我的故事，”弗雷德回答，“有什麼事情如此重要竟成為你們中途匆匆離開的藉口呢？”
