extenuate
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [?k'stenj?e?t; ek-]
- 美式音標(biāo) [?k?sten.ju.e?t]
- 國(guó)際音標(biāo) [ik'stenjueit]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- v. 減輕(過(guò)錯(cuò)等)的程度,使看起來(lái)情有可原;(文)使瘦削
詞根記憶
- ex + tenu(細(xì)的) + ate→使…微不足道→掩飾(罪行)
- exten(看作extend,延伸) + ate→向外擴(kuò)張減輕局部受損→減輕
同根派生
- adj性質(zhì)的同根詞
- extenuating:情有可原的;使減輕的。
- n性質(zhì)的同根詞
- extenuation:減輕;酌情減輕。
- v性質(zhì)的同根詞
- extenuating:為…找借口;能減輕…的嚴(yán)重性;輕視(extenuate的ing形式)。
英漢例句
- Nothing can extenuate his crime.
他的罪責(zé)無(wú)法減輕. - Nothing can extenuate such appalling behaviour.
這種駭人聽(tīng)聞的行徑罪無(wú)可恕. - Nothing can extenuate his guilt.
他的罪無(wú)法減輕. - Nothing can extenuate his crime.
他的罪責(zé)無(wú)法減輕. - Nothing can extenuate such appalling behaviour.
這種駭人聽(tīng)聞的行徑罪無(wú)可恕.
詞組短語(yǔ)
- extenuate e 使人原諒;減輕
- Hexyl Extenuate 異丁酸葉醇酯
- attenuate extenuate 減輕
- Nothing can extenuate such cruelty 他力圖減輕其罪
- Nothing can extenuate his guilt 他的罪無(wú)法減輕
短語(yǔ)
英英字典
- to cause a wrong act to be judged less seriously by giving reasons for it
- to represent (an offence, a fault, etc) as being less serious than it appears, as by showing mitigating circumstances
劍橋英英字典
柯林斯英英字典
專業(yè)釋義
- 使顯得輕微