extenuate

extenuate
[ɪkˈstɛnjʊeɪt, ɛk-]
verb
[with obj.]

[usu. as adj. extenuating]make (guilt or an offence) seem less serious or more forgivable
减轻（内疚，过错）的程度；使可以原谅
hunger and poverty are not treated by the courts as extenuating circumstances.
饥饿和贫穷没有被法庭视为可以减轻罪行的条件。
[usu. as adj. extenuated](poetic/literary)make (someone) thin
(诗／文)使瘦削
drawings of extenuated figures.
瘦削人物的素描。

派生
extenuation
noun
extenuatory
[-jʊət(ə)ri]
adjective
语源

late Middle English (in the sense 'make thin, emaciate'): from Latin extenuat- 'made thin', from the verb extenuare (based on tenuis 'thin')

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