alibi
alibi 英 [ˈæləbaɪ] 美 [ˈæləˌbaɪ]
n. 不在场证明或辩解；托辞 v. 辩解；找托辞开脱
进行时:alibiing 过去式:alibied 过去分词:alibied 第三人称单数:alibis 名词复数:alibis
- Your alibi is evidence that proves your innocence. If you were making cookies with your mom when someone raided your sister's piggy bank, your mom is your alibi, since she knows you were with her when the crime was committed.
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- n. 不在场证明或辩解；托辞
- v. 辩解；找托辞开脱
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1. The police broke her alibi by proving she knew how to shoot a pistol.
警方通过她知道如何使用手枪射击来证明案发时她不在现场的辩解不实。
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2. Lawyers for the accused may call witnesses to testify to an alibi for the defendant.
被告律师传唤证人的目的可能是要证明被告不在犯罪现场。
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3. Citing the war on terrorism as an all-purpose alibi, he denies breaking the letter or spirit of any law.
反恐成为所有决策的托辞，无视任何法律条文和法律精神。
- alibi (n.) 1743, "a plea of having been elsewhere when an action took place," from Latin alibi (adv.) "elsewhere, somewhere else," locative of alius "another, other, different," from PIE root *al- (1) "beyond." The weakened sense of "excuse" is attested since 1912, but technically any proof of innocence that doesn't involve being "elsewhere" is an excuse (n.) and not an alibi.
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