| 单词 | extenuating |
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| 释义 | ex·ten·u·at·ing /ɪkˈstenjuˌeɪtɪŋ/ adjective extenuating circumstances/factors etc formalLESS facts or reasons which make you feel that it was reasonable for someone to break the usual rules, or make you have sympathy for someone who did something wrong or illegal 情有可原的情况/因素等 —extenuation /ɪkˌstenjuˈeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpusextenuating• A terrifying warning was occasionally administered in cases where extenuating circumstances existed.• Goodstein suggested that this eased by talking about extenuating circumstances.• Hunger and poverty, the main reasons for their poaching, are not treated by the courts as extenuating circumstances.Origin extenuating (1500-1600) Latin past participle of extenuare, from tenuis “thin”ex·ten·u·at·ing adjectiveChineseSyllable was Corpus make it you facts or which feel reasons that |
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