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alibi

英['ælɪbaɪ] 美['æləbaɪ]
  • n. 不在场证明或辩解;托辞
  • v. 辩解;找托辞开脱

英英释意


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"