【alibi】 - A-level备考词汇

alibi

UK:  ['ælɪbaɪ]

US:  ['ælɪ.baɪ]

复数：alibis  过去分词：alibied  现在分词：alibiing  

n.

1.〔美口〕辩解,托辞

2.当时不在现场;不在现场的任何证据

3.为自己的失败辩护

4.反证

5.【法律】不在犯罪现场的抗辩[事实]

v.

1.〔美口〕辩解,托词闪避

2.为(某人)提供不在现场的证词

1 . Bree: Well, the nurses at your office may start wondering why you're disappearing three times a week. Tennis lessons are a plausible alibi.
你诊所的护士可能已经开始猜测，为什么你一周消失三次，上网球课是个可信的托辞。

2 . Compared to which, our earlier alibi of "to be rejected" , even though it is not all that agreeable in itself, may appear more tolerable.
跟这个疏离比较起来，我们早先「应该被拒绝」的藉口，看起来就比较能让人忍受，即使它的本身也是令人不太好受。

3 . when he visits his mother to arrange for an alibi, we get some insights into his childhood.
当他去找母亲做不在场证明时，我们依稀看到了他的童年。

4 . In the end what the leadership talk appears to add up to is an alibi for bosses taking much more money out of the companies they run.
最终所谓领导力一说只是老板们从自己管理的公司带走更多财富的借口。

5 . Alicia: It's my fault. I encouraged him to place himself in the car to give him an alibi from the hate crime.
艾丽西亚：这是我的错，是我鼓励他承认自己就在那辆车里，这样就有了不在场证明。