【每日一词】extenuate -/ ik-ˈsten-yə-ˌwāt -yü-ˌāt/ v. 减轻（过错等）的程度，使看起来情有可原；使瘦削

1: to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : MITIGATE

There is no economic analysis that can extenuate bigotry. —Leon Wieseltier

… all the lies that society tells to justify its values and extenuate its conduct … —Robert Penn Warren

see also EXTENUATING

2: to lessen the strength or effect of (something) : WEAKEN

… it was true that he was an old friend and that … she felt a desire not to extenuate such ties. —Henry James

3a archaic : to make light of

3b obsolete : DISPARAGE

4 archaic : to make thin or emaciated

Synonyms

deodorize,excuse,explain away,gloss (over),gloze (over),palliate,whitewash

Examples of extenuate in a Sentence

don't even try to extenuate their vandalism of the cemetery with the old refrain of “Boys will be boys”

双语例句

We cannot extenuate your crime.

我们不能减轻你的罪。

Nothing can extenuate his crime.

他的罪责无法减轻。

Nothing can extenuate his guilt.

他的罪无法减轻。