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al.i.bi5Al7I7baIn [C]proof that someone who is thought to have committed a crime could not have done it, esp. the fact or claim that they were in another place at the time it happened(被告)不在犯罪现场的证据He has a cast-iron (=very strong) alibi--he was in hospital the week of the murder.他有强有力的不在现场的证据----发生谋杀的那一周他在住院。An alibi is also an excuse for something bad or for a failure.借口，托辞After eight years in power, the government can no longer use the previous government's policy as an alibi for its own failure.经过8年执政，本届政府再不能以前任政府的政策作为自己失败的借口了。
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