alibi
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT If you have an alibi, you can prove that you were somewhere else when a crime was committed. 不在现场证明
He manages to persuade both his wife and girlfriend to provide him with an alibi. 他设法说服他的妻子和女友都为他提供不在场的证明。
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alibi /ˈælɪˌbaɪ/ (alibis)
剑桥词典
- proof that someone who is thought to have committed a crime could not have done it, especially the fact or statement that they were in another place at the time it happened
（尤指没有犯罪时间的）不在犯罪现场的证据
He has a cast-iron (= very strong ) alibi - he was in hospital the week of the murder . 他有不在犯罪现场的铁证——谋杀发生的那一周他在住院。
an excuse for something bad or for a failure
借口，托词
After eight years in power , the government can no longer use the previous government's policy as an alibi for its own failure . 本届政府已经执政8年，面对自己的失误，它再不能拿前任政府的政策作挡箭牌了。 返回 alibi