extenuate
- IPA[ɪkˈstɛnjʊeɪt]
英式
- cause (an offence) to seem less serious；make (someone) thin
verb: extenuate, 3rd person present: extenuates, gerund or present participle: extenuating, past tense: extenuated, past participle: extenuated
- 釋義
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動詞
- 1. cause (an offence) to seem less serious even the fact that you once helped to save my life could not extenuate your offence
- 2. literary make (someone) thin his whole frame was extenuated by hunger and fatigue drawings of extenuated figures
- (of a factor or situation) serving to lessen the seriousness of an offense: library staff will waive fines where there are genuine extenuating circumstances hunger and poverty are not treated by the courts as extenuating circumstances
Oxford American Dictionary
- (of a factor or situation) serving to lessen the seriousness of an offence: library staff will waive fines where there are genuine extenuating circumstances hunger and poverty are not treated by the courts as extenuating circumstances
Oxford Dictionary
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- IPA[ikˈstenyəˌwāt]
美式
- cause (an offense) to seem less serious: even the fact that you once helped to save my life could not extenuate your offense
Oxford American Dictionary
