Extenuate

(verb.) lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; 'The circumstances extenuate the crime'.

整理:梅纳德

• It would avail me nothing to extenuate it now. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• In short, every one of his faults we either endeavour to extenuate, or dignify it with the name of that virtue, which approaches it. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• My dear sir, I've no wish to extenuate the Count's transgressions; but--but on the other side . 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• I have just written a paper for next Thursday's Chronicle, to extenuate matters a little. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• He always admitted his blunders, and extenuated those of officers under him beyond what they were entitled to. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The road would be none the smoother for it, the end would be none the better for it, he would not be helped, nor I extenuated. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.

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