extenuate 

  1. 動詞
及物動詞:
為...(錯誤行為等)辯解
掩飾...(壞事等)
減輕...(罪過等)
減弱...(事物)
/此動詞過去式與過去分詞為"extenuated"/
/現在分詞為"extenuating"/
/第三者單數現在式為"extenuates"/

    同義字詞
excuse,explain away,gloss (over),gloze (over),palliate,whitewash

例句

  1. I do not want to extenuate this action.
  2. Shall we extenuate trespass because found in a saint?
  3. To extenuate would be base, to exaggerate impossible.
  4. Vines extenuate his team's result by defeating Cochet in five sets.
  5. No attempt has been made to exaggerate his crimes, or to extenuate his superior qualities.