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extenuate 英 [ɪks'tenjʊeɪt] 　美 [ɪkˈstɛnjuˌet]

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extenuate

vt. 减轻；低估；为…找借口；使人原谅　

进行时:extenuating　过去式:extenuated　过去分词:extenuated　第三人称单数:extenuates　名词复数:extenuates　

Nothing can extenuate her negligence.　她的玩忽职守是无法掩饰的。

Do not extenuate the difficulties we are in.　不要低估我们所处的困境。

To extenuate is to make less of something or try to minimize its importance. The fact that you walked your little sister to school because she missed the bus might extenuate your teacher's response when you show up late.

1. Nothing can extenuate her negligence.

她的玩忽职守是无法掩饰的。
2. Do not extenuate the difficulties we are in.

不要低估我们所处的困境。
3. “I haven’t finished telling my tale,” Fred replied. “What could possibly be so important as to extenuate your hasty departure in the middle of my story?”

“我还没讲完我的故事，”弗雷德回答，“有什么事情如此重要竟成为你们中途匆匆离开的借口呢？”

extenuate (v.) 1520s, from Latin extenuatus, past participle of extenuare "lessen, make small, reduce, diminish, detract from," from ex "out" (see ex-) + tenuare "make thin," from tenuis "thin," from PIE root *ten- "to stretch." Used over the years in a variety of literal and figurative senses in English. Related: Extenuated; extenuating. Extenuating circumstances (1660s) are those which lessen the magnitude of guilt (opposed to aggravating).