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单词	extenuate
释义	extenuate I. extenuate adjective Etymology: Middle English extenuat, from Latin extenuatus, past participle obsolete : extenuated II. ex·ten·u·ate \ikˈstenyəˌwāt, ek-, usu -ād.+V\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Latin extenuatus, past participle of extenuare, from ex- ex- (I) + tenuare to make thin or small, from tenuis thin, small — more at thin 1. a. archaic : to treat as of small importance : make light of < not by extenuating or by exaggerating the damage — Isaac Taylor > : underrate, underestimate b. (1) : to lessen or to try to lessen the real or apparent seriousness of (as a crime, offense, or fault) or extent of (guilt) by making partial excuses < they neither concealed nor extenuated their crime > or by affording a basis for excuses < the fact of his extreme youth certainly extenuated the act > : mitigate (2) : to make partial excuses for : try to justify (as by making partial excuses) < he thought it necessary to extenuate the length of time he kept the dinner on the table — Charles Lamb > c. obsolete : to lessen the worth of : disparage, belittle < every man seemed wholly bent to extenuate the sum which fell to his share — Henry Fielding > 2. archaic a. : to make (as a person) thin or emaciated < peasants were … extenuated by hunger — W.E.H.Lecky > b. : to lessen the strength or extent of : weaken, diminish < in friendship the individual element is intensified, in fraternity it is extenuated — W.C.Brownell > 3. a. obsolete : to diminish especially in size, number, or amount b. archaic : to lessen the force or effect of (as a law) 4. archaic : to make (as a liquid or gas) less concentrated : lessen the density of < extenuating the air — Samuel Vince > : thin out : attenuate, rarefy Synonyms: see palliate, thin
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