[usu. as adj. extenuating]make (guilt or an offence) seem less serious or more forgivable 減輕(內(nèi)疚,過錯)的程度;使可以原諒 hunger and poverty are not treated by the courts as extenuating circumstances. 饑餓和貧窮沒有被法庭視為可以減輕罪行的條件。
[usu. as adj. extenuated](poetic/literary)make (someone) thin (詩/文)使瘦削 drawings of extenuated figures. 瘦削人物的素描。