alibi
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT If you have an alibi, you can prove that you were somewhere else when a crime was committed. 不在現場證明
He manages to persuade both his wife and girlfriend to provide him with an alibi. 他設法說服他的妻子和女友都為他提供不在場的證明。
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alibi /??l??ba?/ (alibis)
劍橋詞典
- proof that someone who is thought to have committed a crime could not have done it, especially the fact or statement that they were in another place at the time it happened
(尤指沒有犯罪時間的)不在犯罪現場的證據
He has a cast-iron (= very strong ) alibi - he was in hospital the week of the murder . 他有不在犯罪現場的鐵證——謀殺發(fā)生的那一周他在住院。
an excuse for something bad or for a failure
借口,托詞
After eight years in power , the government can no longer use the previous government's policy as an alibi for its own failure . 本屆政府已經執(zhí)政8年,面對自己的失誤,它再不能拿前任政府的政策作擋箭牌了。 返回 alibi