extenuate
英 /ik'stenju'et/
中文釋義
vt. 減輕,使人原諒
v. to lessen the seriousness of.
常用搭配
- extenuate circumstances減罪情節
- extenuate a mistake減輕錯誤
- extenuate guilt減輕罪責
例句
- Nothing could extenuate his cruelty toward the animals.沒什麼能為他虐待動物的行為開脫。
- The lawyer cited stress to extenuate the employee's mistake.律師以壓力為由為員工的過失減責。