alibi
アリバイ
解説 Definition
alibi は名詞で、「アリバイ」や「不在証明」を意味します。事件や問題が起きた時に、自分がその場にいなかったことを示す説明や証拠を指します。
An explanation or piece of evidence showing that a person was somewhere else when a crime or other event occurred and therefore could not have been responsible for it.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
alibi はラテン語で「ほかの場所に」を意味した語です。「事件時に別の場所にいた」という核を保ったまま、現在はその説明や証拠を指します。have an alibi、check an alibi、a strong alibi の組み合わせで、単なる excuse「言い訳」ではなく、不在を示す弁明だと区別しましょう。
Remember the original spatial idea behind alibi: being “elsewhere.” Imagine a suspect proving that they were in a restaurant when a robbery happened across town. A receipt, video recording, or reliable witness may support the alibi. Learn the common combinations have an alibi, check an alibi, and a strong alibi. Unlike a general excuse, an alibi specifically places someone away from the scene at the relevant time, especially in a police or legal context.
例文
The suspect had a strong alibi for the night of the robbery.
その容疑者には強盗があった夜の確かなアリバイがありました。
Her receipt from the restaurant became an important alibi.
レストランの領収書が彼女にとって重要なアリバイになりました。
The police checked his alibi carefully.
警察は彼のアリバイを慎重に確認しました。
alibi の類義語・関連語
alibi の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語のalibi（よその場所）に由来し、「ali-（他の）」と「ibi（そこに）」の合成語です。法廷で「犯行時は別の場所にいた」と主張する弁明から転じ、不在証明を意味するようになりました。同じ語根を持つ「alias（別名）」も関連語です。
Alibi was borrowed directly from Latin alibī, meaning “elsewhere” or “in another place.” It is historically connected with alius, “other,” and ibi, “there.” In legal use, the term referred to a plea that an accused person had been somewhere else when an alleged offense occurred. It then developed into a noun for the explanation or evidence supporting that claim of absence. Alias is related through the Latin element meaning “other.”
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