单词 extenuate 的中文意思、词根、词缀、翻译、同义词、反义词、短语、例句
🎧 音标
🔈美式发音:/ɪkˈstenjuˌeɪt/
🔈英式发音:/ɪkˈstenjueɪt/
📖 详细的单词含义
- 动词 (v.):减轻(罪行、过错的严重性)
例句:Nothing can extenuate such a heinous crime.(没有什么能减轻这种恶劣罪行的严重性。)
🌱 词根、词缀
词根:来自拉丁语 'extenuatus',是 'extenuare' 的过去分词,意为‘使变轻,使变细’,由 'ex-'(出)+ 'tenuare'(使变细)组成
💡 联想记忆
可以联想到法庭上,律师试图通过各种理由减轻被告的罪行,这个过程就是‘extenuate’。
📜 同义词、反义词记忆
✍️ 短语记忆
- extenuate circumstances(减轻情节)
- extenuate the severity(减轻严重性)
📝 例句记忆
- 动词:The lawyer tried to extenuate the client's guilt.(律师试图减轻客户的罪责。)
📚 故事记忆
英文故事:
In a small town, a man was accused of a serious crime. His lawyer, determined to extenuate the charges, presented evidence of the man's previous good deeds and the difficult circumstances he faced. The jury, moved by the lawyer's arguments, decided to lessen the severity of the punishment, acknowledging that the man's actions were partially extenuated by his circumstances.
中文故事:
在一个小镇上,一名男子被控犯有严重罪行。他的律师决心减轻指控,提出了该男子以往的良好行为和他所面临的困难情况的证据。陪审团被律师的论点所感动,决定减轻惩罚的严重性,承认该男子的行为部分因他的情况而得以减轻。
🖼️ 图片记忆
