extenuate
英 /ik'stenju'et/
中文释义
vt. 减轻,使人原谅
v. to lessen the seriousness of.
常用搭配
- extenuate circumstances减罪情节
- extenuate a mistake减轻错误
- extenuate guilt减轻罪责
例句
- Nothing could extenuate his cruelty toward the animals.没什么能为他虐待动物的行为开脱。
- The lawyer cited stress to extenuate the employee's mistake.律师以压力为由为员工的过失减责。