alibi
US: /ˈæɫəˌbaɪ/
UK: /ˈæləbˌaɪ/
UK: /ˈæləbˌaɪ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
alibi /'ælibai/
- danh từ
- (pháp lý) chứng cớ vắng mặt (để chứng tỏ rằng khi sự việc xảy ra thì mình ở nơi khác)
- to set up an alibi: dựng lên một chứng cớ vắng mặt
- (thông tục) cớ để cáo lỗi
- (pháp lý) chứng cớ vắng mặt (để chứng tỏ rằng khi sự việc xảy ra thì mình ở nơi khác)
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 evidence that proves that a person was in another place at the time of a crime and so could not have committed it: The suspects all had alibis for the day of the robbery.
2 an excuse for sth that you have done wrong
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 excuse, explanation:
Your alibi places you very close to the scene of the crime.
v.
2 excuse, explain:
Caught red-handed, she couldn't alibi her way out of it.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
cast-iron, good, perfect, solid
She was in the office all of Wednesday and so has a cast-iron alibi.
| false
VERB + ALIBI
have | establish, provide, supply
The videotape would have been useful to establish alibis for the defendants.
PREP.
~ for
The accused was not able to provide an alibi for the evening.
