vt.(用偏袒的辩解或借口)减轻;低估,藐视;
例句:
The circumstances extenuate the crime.
环境使该犯罪情有可原.
Do not extenuate the difficulties we are in.
不要低估我们所处的困境.
Nothing can extenuate her negligence.
她的玩忽职守是无法掩饰的。