alibi
noun /ˈæləbaɪ/
/ˈæləbaɪ/
- evidence that proves that a person was in another place at the time of a crime and so could not have committed it
不在犯罪现场证明 - The suspects all had alibis for the day of the robbery.
嫌疑人均有证据证明抢劫当天不在犯罪现场。
Topics Crime and punishmentc1- She was in the office all of Wednesday and so has a cast-iron alibi.
她星期三一整天都在办公室，所以有不在犯罪现场的铁证。 - The accused was not able to provide an alibi for the evening.
被告不能提供当晚不在犯罪现场的证据。 - They relied on witnesses to establish alibis for the accused.
他们依靠目击者来证明被告不在犯罪现场。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cast-iron
- good
- ironclad
- …
- have
- establish
- provide
- …
- alibi for
- The suspects all had alibis for the day of the robbery.
- an excuse for something that you have done wrong
借口；托辞
词源late 17th cent. (as an adverb in the sense ‘elsewhere’): from Latin, ‘elsewhere’. The noun use dates from the late 18th cent.