1PROVEsomething that proves that someone was not where a crime happened and therefore could not have done it 不在犯罪现场的证明
a perfect/cast-iron/unshakeable etc alibi
He had a perfect alibi and the police let him go.
他有不在犯罪现场的确凿证明,警方便放了他。
2.REASONan excuse for something you have failed to do or have done wrong 借口,托词
Examples from the Corpus
alibi• When an alibi was produced, they said the offence took place in May 1992.• An excellentalibi, too: no one would question the word of the esteemedProfessor Summerlee.• And it was my lies to the police which had given him his non-existent alibi.• But he also walked through the 17-year history of his relationship with Nicole and every last detail of his alibi.• Nor did he review his alibi in any detail.• According to Ken Harris, she has a cast-ironalibi.• But it gives Tom an unimpeachablealibi.
had ... alibi• Scamphad an airtight alibi, naturally, but then again young Leakey never said who exactly had done it.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + ALIBI | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤cast-iron, good, ironclad, perfect, solid不在犯罪現場的鐵證;充分證據;無瑕的證據;確鑿的證據◇She was in the office all of Wednesday and so has a solid alibi.她星期三一整天都在辦公室,所以有不在犯罪現場的確鑿證據。➤false不在犯罪現場的偽證VERB + ALIBI➤have有不在犯罪現場的證據▸➤establish, provide, supply證實不在犯罪現場;提供不在犯罪現場的證據◇They relied on witnesses to establish alibis for the accused.他們依靠目擊者來證明被告不在犯罪現場。➤concoct, create, invent揑造不在犯罪現場的證據;編造不在犯罪現場的證據◇It was alleged that the accused had created an alibi to save himself.據稱被告編造了不在犯罪現場的證據為自己開釋。PREPOSITION➤alibi for⋯時不在犯罪現場的證據◇The accused was not able to provide an alibi for the evening.被告不能提供當晚不在犯罪現場的證據。