alibis是什么意思？

alibis

• n. 某人在别处的证据( alibi的名词复数 )，不在犯罪现场的证人，<美口>借口，托辞；

例句

• Success requires no explanation. Failure permits no alibis. 成功不需要解释, 失败不容许借口.
• We had a couple of suspicious characters but their alibis are watertight. 我们中有几位多疑的人,但是他们的阴谋无懈可击.
• I'm not trying to beat your alibis any more than I'm trying to prove'em. 我并不是不让你辩护,我只是想把那个人找出来.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  不在犯罪现场的证明
  If you have an alibi, you can prove that you were somewhere else when a crime was committed.
• N-COUNT
  借口；托词
  You can say that someone has an alibi when they can prove that something was not their fault.
  例句
  A role as senior diplomat would be a good alibi for his absence. 高级外交官的角色将是他缺席的上佳托词。