| 单词 | extenuate |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [iks'tenjueit] |
| 解释 | v.掩饰(罪行)，减轻罪过 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v.掩饰(罪行)，减轻 罪过(to lessen the seriousness of an offense, guilt by giving excuses) 【考】 moderate : intensity / extenuate : seriousness(缓和为了降低强度/ 减轻为了降低严重性)反义词: aggravating(恶化的) 【记】 ex+tenu(细薄)+ate→ 使…微不足道→掩饰( 罪行) 【同】 同根词：attenuate( 变细，变薄) |
| 字源 | extenuate (v.) 1520s, from Latin extenuatus, past participle of extenuare "lessen, make small, reduce, diminish," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + tenuare "make thin," from tenuis "thin" (see tenet). Related: Extenuated; extenuating. Extenuating circumstances attested from 1660s. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 掩饰(因偏心为某人提供借口, 来减轻过错、罪行严重的程度) 【记】tenu细薄－使罪行变得稀薄－掩饰罪行 【参】attenuate(v 削弱; 使变细变薄) 【类】moderate: intensity = extenuate: seriousness缓和为了降低强度 = 减轻为了降低严重性 【反】aggravating(adj 使恶化加重的; 恼人的) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】ex出 + tenuate 变细，变薄，指淡薄稀释，将罪行淡化；tenu-源自thin, t=th, e=I 【相关】attenuate 削弱, extenuate 掩饰, 减轻, <古>???稀薄，tenuity 薄，tenuous 纤细的，tenure(hold的意思)(土地,官职的)使用,占有,任期 |
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