alibi
托辞
definition
verb
her friend agreed to alibi her
offer an excuse or defense for (someone), especially by providing an account of their whereabouts at the time of an alleged act.
noun
she has an alibi for the whole of yesterday evening
a claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an act, typically a criminal one, is alleged to have taken place.
example
Mr Lydon claims he has an 'alibi' to disprove Mr Dunlop's allegations as he was a guest speaker at a conference hosted by the IACT.
What is the evidence that established that, other than the evidence of the 'alibi' , ultimately said to be false?
He maintains that he has an 'alibi' for the crucial times surrounding the murder.
He gave evidence himself, and called evidence in support of his 'alibi' .
One suspects that it has been mainly thought of as a political 'alibi' and an excuse for supervision of the police.
Ashamed, he tried to cover the incidents up, even ordering his representatives to publicly 'alibi' his wife's violence.
her friend agreed to 'alibi' her
her friend agreed to 'alibi' her
The moment we get into murky decision-making processes, everybody has an 'alibi' .
a catch-all 'alibi' for failure and inadequacy
Kamara then claimed an 'alibi' , that he was at a school with his sister and the Headmaster.
This conclusion is sufficient also to dispose of the complaint about redirection on the date of the 'alibi' witness statements.
His 'alibi' was his ever-devoted mother who backed up his story.
But the Party does not provide him with an 'alibi' for all his failures.
That is his 'alibi' and excuse for doing absolutely nothing apart from parking himself into a limousine and taking his pay.
One of the players against whom an allegation was made, an England international, is understood to be claiming he has an 'alibi' .
It also has to be clear that the accused has been told of the evidence against him so that if he has an 'alibi' he can use it.
In the circumstances, his evidence as 'alibi' evidence is most unpromising.
As it turned out, the letter was written on the managing editor's computer, but he has an 'alibi' .
Otherwise, doubts would remain that such steps were aimed at providing an 'alibi' for a possible failure of the bid, he said.
He called 'alibi' evidence as to his earlier movements.
He refused to 'alibi' , saying he had simply not done a good job holding onto the football.
Prosecutors were found to have withheld evidence showing that the 'alibi' of another suspect who had bragged about committing the murders was bogus.
a defense of 'alibi'
Others suggested that Sherman was at fault for trying to present an 'alibi' defense.
The second 'alibi' , the Mongol invasion, is yet another favourite of their writing.
His question meant to give the minister a chance to 'alibi' why the administration had absolutely no response to the bombing.
And his own Prime Minister Ivan Kostov's initial reaction was that of a criminal with a water-tight 'alibi' : ‘Prove it!’
she has an 'alibi' for the whole of yesterday evening
As it became clear that the DNA evidence was likely to be accepted, I wondered what new evidence would damage the 'alibi' .
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