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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   extenuate

   • IPA[ikˈstenyəˌwāt]

   美式

   • v.
     cause (an offense) to seem less serious；make (someone) thin

   • verb: extenuate, 3rd person present: extenuates, gerund or present participle: extenuating, past tense: extenuated, past participle: extenuated

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. cause (an offense) to seem less serious even the fact that you once helped to save my life could not extenuate your offense
   • 2. literary make (someone) thin his whole frame was extenuated by hunger and fatigue drawings of extenuated figures