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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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

• You have an alibi for last night?
  昨晚你有不在场证据吗？
• Provide an excuse or alibi for someone so as to cover up guilt.
  为了给某人掩盖罪行找借口或托辞。
• Late again, Richard? What's your alibi this time?
  理查德，又迟到了？这次你有什么借囗呢？
• Don't expect me to count on him unless he can show me the alibi.
  除非他能出示他的不在场证明，否则不要期待我会相信他。
• It seems there's something in his alibi after all.
  看来他不在现场的证据中有某种可信度。
• A man's alibi depends on it.
  一个人的不在场证明就靠它了。
• Any progress on the alibi witness?
  对伪证的调查有进展了吗？
• He has a solid alibi.
  他有不在场的确凿证据。
• The police are suspicious of his alibi because he already has a record.
  警方对他不在场的辩解表示怀疑，因为他已有前科。
• She would have made a great alibi.
  她有个很好的不在场证明。