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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- alibi ['ælɪbaɪ]
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1.
noun
[c]
不在场证据
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1.
noun
[c]
不在场证据
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- alibi ['ælɪ,baɪ]
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1.
n
[law]
a defence by an accused person that he was elsewhere at the time the crime in question was committed
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2.
n
the evidence given to prove this
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3.
n
[informal]
an excuse
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4.
vt.
[tr]
to provide with an alibi
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5.
vt.
[Etymology]
C18: from Latin alib
i elsewhere, from alius other + -bi as in ubi where
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1.
n
[law]
a defence by an accused person that he was elsewhere at the time the crime in question was committed
Examples
- an airtight alibi
- 无懈可击的托辞；天衣无缝的不在犯罪现场证据 → alibi
- His alibi was a beaut!
- 他的托辞可真高明! → beaut
- to rehearse an alibi
- 伪造不在现场的证据 → rehearse
- an alibi that won't wash
- 站不住脚的借口 → wash
- His alibi couldn't satisfy the detective.
- 探长不相信他不在场的证据。 → satisfy
- to colour an alibi → colour
- the alibi did not hold water → hold water
nciku Note
excuse和alibi都指什么样的借口？
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excuse和alibi都有“借口”的意思：excuse含有承认自己不对的意味，只是想找一理由借以避免或减轻责任；alibi基本为法律用语，指受指控的案件发生时，不在现场的辩解；alibi在口语中可作excuse（借口）用，但这类借口往往是杜撰的。 |
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