alibi

英 ['æləbaɪ] 美 ['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:

1. (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question

2. 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:

1. exonerate by means of an alibi

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. The alibi was fabricated by him.
   这种托辞是他臆造出来的。
4. 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。

词汇搭配

• et alibi (=and else...
• set up an alibi [法] 提出不在犯罪...
• prove an alibi 证明被告当时不在犯罪...

近反义词

【近义词】

• excuse 原谅
• defense 防卫
• explanation 解释
• reason 原因
• defence 防御
• account 账户
• pretext 借口
• out 出
• story 故事
• self-justification 自我辩白
• exculpation 使无罪