extenuated
v.
（用偏袒的辩解或借口）减轻( extenuate的过去式和过去分词 );
低估，藐视;
例句:
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What can be excused or extenuated in criminal cases necessity is not so in civil ones.
紧急状况在刑事案件中免除、减轻罪责,但在民事案件却不免除、减轻责任.
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That loss, indeed, is neither to be denied nor extenuated.
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