中文翻译与英英解释

vt.
1.掩饰(坏事)；(用借口来)减轻(罪过)。
2.〔废语〕低估，藐视。
3.〔古语〕使细弱。
短语和例子
Nothing can extenuate his base conduct. 他的卑鄙行为无可掩饰。 try to extenuate one's guilt 试图减轻罪责。

lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime"
同义词：palliate, mitigate,

例句与用法

Nothing can extenuate his base conduct .
他的卑鄙行为无可掩饰。

It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter .
先生，大事化小，小事化无的作法无济于事。

He thought it necessary to extenuate the length of time he kept the dinner on the table .
他认为必须解释一下为何把晚餐留在桌上那么久。

It was possible for her to hear in the first place what the extenuating circumstances were .
对她来说首先有可能听到缓和一些的情况是个什么样子。

Some extenuating circumstances related by you now might throw a slightly different light on all this .
有些可以宽恕的地方，你要是现在讲出来，说不定对这件事的看法就略有改变。

In extenuating the brahmins, there is a danger of erring in the opposite direction from parrington .
为了替绅士派文人洗脱罪名，我们也有犯错误的危险，有可能走向巴灵顿的反面。

In extenuating the brahmins, there is a danger of erring in the opposite direction from parrington .
但是，为了替绅士派文人洗脱罪名，我们也有犯错误的危险，有可能走向巴灵顿的反面。

Nothing can extenuate such appalling behaviour
这种骇人听闻的行径罪无可恕

Nothing can extenuate such appalling behavior
这种骇人听闻的行径罪不可恕。

Due to extenuating circumstances
? ?由于情有可原的情况