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Wiktionary英語版
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extenuating
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2026/05/10 19:39 UTC 版)
語源
From Latin ex (“to delete, to cross out”) and tenuatus, past participle of tenuare (“to make thin”) + 中期英語 -ing. By surface analysis, ex- + tenuate + -ing.
形容詞
extenuating (comparative more extenuating, superlative most extenuating)
- That attenuates or lessens the seriousness of something, , e.g. by providing a mitigating excuse for it.
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1976, Harry N. Casselman, “Case No. 7”, in Earl R. Baderschneider, Paul F. Miller, editors, Labor Arbitration in Health Care: A Case Book, New York: Spectrum Publications, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 44:
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In the instant case, testimony has been offered that there were extenuating circumstances which might have made it impossible for the Hospital to comply with the time limit (Union office closed on April 4, 1974, for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day March).
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派生語
- extenuating circumstance
- extenuatingly
- nonextenuating
- unextenuating
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「extenuating」は動詞「extenuate」の現在分詞です
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