extenuating meaning in English
adj.
使减轻的，情有可原的。 extenuating circumstances 【法律】可使罪行减轻的情况。
adv.
-ly
Examples
- 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。