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单词 alibi
释义
Alibi
nnoun.communication(law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
Topic:jurisprudencelaw
Derivationally Related Form:alibi
Hypernyms:defence defense vindication
Inherited Hypernyms:alibidefensejustificationexplanationstatementmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
nnoun.communicationa defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
Synset:exculpation excuse self-justification
Examples:
  • he kept finding excuses to stay
  • every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job
  • his transparent self-justification was unacceptable
Derivationally Related Form:alibiexcuse
Hypernyms:defence defense vindication
Inherited Hypernyms:excusedefensejustificationexplanationstatementmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:extenuationmitigation
Full Hyponyms:
extenuation
vverb.communicationexonerate by means of an alibi
Derivationally Related Form:alibi
Hypernyms:excuse explain
Inherited Hypernyms:alibiexcusejustifyupholdconfirmaffirm
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s something
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