(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
造句
用作名詞(n.)
They\\\'ve got nothing on me I\\\'ve got an alibi. 他們沒(méi)抓我的罪證,我有不在現(xiàn)場(chǎng)的證據(jù)。
The false alibi threw the police off the scent. 那個(gè)不在犯罪現(xiàn)場(chǎng)的偽證使警方失去了線(xiàn)索。
The alibi was fabricated by him. 這種托辭是他臆造出來(lái)的。
I was disappointed that Cathy cooked up an alibi. 我感到很失望的是凱瑟編造了一個(gè)托辭。