extenuating

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a. 使减轻的, 情有可原的

词形变化

more extenuating 比较级 most extenuating 最高级

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    present participle and gerund of extenuate

adj.
  1. 1.

    That lessens the seriousness of something by providing an excuse.

词汇关系

形容词

近义相关 1

exculpatory

相关短语

extenuating circumstances extenuating circumstance

词源

From Latin ex (“to delete, to cross out”) and tenuatus, past participle of tenuare (“to make thin”) + Middle English -ing. By surface analysis, ex- + tenuate + -ing.

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