alibi

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英 [ˈæləbaɪ]word uk audio image

美 [ˈæləˌbaɪ] word us audio image

  • n.
    犯罪现场
    <美口>辩解,托辞
    [法]不在犯罪现场的抗辩事实
  • vi.
    辩解
    找借口
  • vt.
    为…辩解
    为(某人)提供不在现场的证词

单词词源

alibi 借口

拉丁词。词根al, 其它,同else.

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双语例句

1. Mods and rockers provided an alibi for a crackdown .
摩登派和摇滚派为镇压提供了借口。
2. Europeans will discover simultaneously that the departure of george w. bush has deprived them of an alibi .
欧洲人会同时发现,乔治w布什(georgew.bush)的离职使他们丧失了借口。
3. The danger is that the president 's troubles will provide unsympathetic governments with an alibi for backsliding .
危险在于世行行长的麻烦将为那些缺乏同情心的政府提供立场倒退的托辞。
4. Mr singh was accused of handing the pakistani army an alibi for its murderous use of militant proxies-a monstrous outcome .
他们指责辛格,为巴基斯坦军队以武装组织为代理人进行谋杀的行为提供了借口一个耸人听闻的结论。
5. It was , miliband said , symptomatic of a prime minister who seemed to glory in the prospect of a two-speed europe and regarded the euro crisis chiefly as a useful alibi for the uk 's economic slowdown .
米利班德说首相的问题是希望看到欧洲经济能以两种速度运行以显示他的重要作用,还那欧元的危机作为英国经济减速的借口。

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