alibi
英 ['ælɪbaɪ]
美['æləbaɪ]
- n. 不在场证明或辩解；托辞
- v. 辩解；找托辞开脱
英英释意
- 1. (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
- 2. 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"