| 释义 |
alibi
['æl.ɪ.baɪ] noun countable
■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，托辞•After eight years in power, the government can no longer use the previous government's policy as an alibi for its own failure.本届政府已经执政八年，面对自己的失败，它再不能拿前任政府的政策作挡箭牌了。 |