extenuate
英 [ɪk'stenjʊeɪt; ek-]
美 [ɪk'stɛnjʊet]
- 矮小化する；過小評価する；弁解する；許せるようにする
英語の語源
- extenuate (v.)
- 1520s, from Latin extenuatus, past participle of extenuare "lessen, make small, reduce, diminish, detract from," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + tenuare "make thin," from tenuis "thin" (see tenet). Used over the years in a variety of literal and figurative senses in English. Related: Extenuated; extenuating. Extenuating circumstances (1660s) are those which lessen the magnitude of guilt (opposed to aggravating).
例文
- 1. Nothing can extenuate his crime.
- 彼の罪は軽減できない.
- 2.Nothing can extenuate such appalling behaviour.
- という驚くべき行為の罪は許すことができない。
- 3.Nothing can extenuate his guilt.
- 彼の罪は軽減できない。
- 4.Nothing can extenuate her negligence.
- 彼女の職務怠慢は隠すことができない。
- 5.Nothing can extenuate such cruelty.
- このような残忍な（行為）は許せない.
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