alibi
美['æləbaɪ] 英['æləbaɪ]
n. 不在场证明或辩解;托辞
v. 辩解;找托辞开脱
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.;
"he kept finding excuses to stay" "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job" "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable"
Verb- exonerate by means of an alibi
例句
用作名词(n.)- They've got nothing on me I've got an alibi.他们没抓我的罪证,我有不在现场的证据。
- The false alibi threw the police off the scent.那个不在犯罪现场的伪证使警方失去了线索。
- The alibi was fabricated by him.这种托辞是他臆造出来的。
- I was disappointed that Cathy cooked up an alibi.我感到很失望的是凯瑟编造了一个托辞。