extenuating 是什么意思

	adj. 使减轻的，情有可原的。 extenuating circumstances 【法律】可使罪行减轻的情况。 adv. -ly

partially excusing or justifying; "extenuating circumstances"

	1.	Nothing can extenuate his base conduct . 他的卑鄙行为无可掩饰。
	2.	It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter . 先生，大事化小，小事化无的作法无济于事。
	3.	He thought it necessary to extenuate the length of time he kept the dinner on the table . 他认为必须解释一下为何把晚餐留在桌上那么久。
	4.	It was possible for her to hear in the first place what the extenuating circumstances were . 对她来说首先有可能听到缓和一些的情况是个什么样子。
	5.	Some extenuating circumstances related by you now might throw a slightly different light on all this . 有些可以宽恕的地方，你要是现在讲出来，说不定对这件事的看法就略有改变。
	6.	In extenuating the brahmins, there is a danger of erring in the opposite direction from parrington . 为了替绅士派文人洗脱罪名，我们也有犯错误的危险，有可能走向巴灵顿的反面。
	7.	In extenuating the brahmins, there is a danger of erring in the opposite direction from parrington . 但是，为了替绅士派文人洗脱罪名，我们也有犯错误的危险，有可能走向巴灵顿的反面。
	8.	Nothing can extenuate such appalling behaviour 这种骇人听闻的行径罪无可恕
	9.	Nothing can extenuate such appalling behavior 这种骇人听闻的行径罪不可恕。
	10.	Due to extenuating circumstances ? ?由于情有可原的情况

extenuating是什么意思