evidence that proves that a person was in another place at the time of a crime and so could not have committed it 不在犯罪现场证明 Extra ExamplesTopics Crime and punishmentc1She was in the office all of Wednesday and so has a cast-iron alibi. 她星期三一整天都在办公室，所以有不在犯罪现场的铁证。 The accused was not able to provide an alibi for the evening. 被告不能提供当晚不在犯罪现场的证据。 They relied on witnesses to establish alibis for the accused. 他们依靠目击者来证明被告不在犯罪现场。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cast-iron
- good
- ironclad
- …
- have
- establish
- provide
- …
- alibi for
an excuse for something that you have done wrong 借口；托辞
Word Originlate 17th cent. (as an adverb in the sense ‘elsewhere’): from Latin, ‘elsewhere’. The noun use dates from the late 18th cent.