alibi

英 [ˈæləbaɪ]

美 [ˈæləbaɪ]

n.  不在犯罪现场证明; 借口; 托词

复数：alibis　现在分词：alibiing　过去式：alibied　第三人称单数：alibis　过去分词：alibied　

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Collins.1 / BNC.16263 / COCA.13258

牛津词典

noun

• 不在犯罪现场证明
  evidence that proves that a person was in another place at the time of a crime and so could not have committed it
  1. The suspects all had alibis for the day of the robbery.
     嫌疑人均有证据证明抢劫当天不在犯罪现场。
• 借口；托词
  an excuse for sth that you have done wrong

柯林斯词典

• 不在犯罪现场的证明
  If you have analibi, you can prove that you were somewhere else when a crime was committed.
• N-COUNT 借口；托词
  You can say that someone has analibiwhen they can prove that something was not their fault.
  1. A role as senior diplomat would be a good alibi for his absence.
     高级外交官的角色将是他缺席的上佳托词。

英英释义

noun

• (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
• a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
  1. he kept finding excuses to stay
  2. every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job
  3. his transparent self-justification was unacceptable
  Synonym:excuseexculpationself-justification

verb

• exonerate by means of an alibi

双语例句

• This argument is only too blatantly an alibi for domestic repression.
  这一辩解完全是在为国内的镇压活动开脱。
• You have an alibi for last night?
  昨晚你有不在场证据吗？
• She would have made a great alibi.
  她有个很好的不在场证明。
• But I still think his alibi stinks.
  但我还是认为他的辩解糟透了。
• Any progress on the alibi witness?
  对伪证的调查有进展了吗？
• What's fishy about his alibi?
  他的不在场证明有什么可疑？
• I only have one stalker, and he has an alibi.
  我只有一个潜行者，他有不在场证明。
• Now that he had in effect an alibi, he raged against his advisers.
  现在他既然有了一个借口，就对他的顾问大发了一通雷霆。
• He is off the hook because his alibi is checked out.
  他已经脱身了，因为他的不在场证明已证实无误。
• You cannot question the truth of his alibi.
  你无法怀疑他不在犯罪现场的真实性。