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alibi

noun
🔊/ˈæləbaɪ/
🔊/ˈæləbaɪ/
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  1. 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。🔊🔊
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    • 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。
    Topics Crime and punishmentc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • cast-iron
    • good
    • ironclad
    • …
    verb + alibi
    • have
    • establish
    • provide
    • …
    preposition
    • alibi for
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  2. an excuse for something that you have done wrong借口；托辞
    3. Word Originlate 17th cent. (as an adverb in the sense ‘elsewhere’): from Latin, ‘elsewhere’. The noun use dates from the late 18th cent.