extenuating
美音:
[ık´stenju´eıtıŋ
]英音:
[ık´stenju´eıtıŋ
]adj.使减轻的,情有可原的
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extenuating为短语/超纲词汇
extenuating
adj
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin;Origin: , past participle of extenuare, from tenuis 'thin']
extenuating circumstances/factors etc
formal 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
>extenuation [ɪk,stenju'eɪʃən/