extenuating

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of extenuate form-of,gerund,participle,present
形容词 adj.
  1. That attenuates or lessens the seriousness of something, , e.g. by providing a mitigating excuse for it.
    — In the instant case, testimony has been offered that there were extenuating circumstances which might have made it impossible for the Hospital to comply with the time limit (Union office closed on April 4, 1974, for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day March).

词形变化

more extenuating comparative most extenuating superlative

词源

词源 1
From Latin ex (“to delete, to cross out”) and tenuatus, past participle of tenuare (“to make thin”) + Middle English -ing. By surface analysis, ex- + tenuate + -ing.
词源 2
From Latin ex (“to delete, to cross out”) and tenuatus, past participle of tenuare (“to make thin”) + Middle English -ing. By surface analysis, ex- + tenuate + -ing.
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