A is for Alibi

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看完Lost Symbol之后，看书的兴趣大增，于是赶紧开看Sue Grafton的字母系列。看第一本A is for Alibi之前，照例去网上看看评论，查的时候发现居然已经有了中文译本了，最近两年新书还真的出的又多又快啊，不过我还是看英文电子的算了，给娃买书买穷了，动不动就几百没影了。

每个作者都有自己的一套词汇体系，Sue Grafton也是，跟之前看的那些书的词汇差别比较大，刚开始看的时候，有点艰涩，不过慢慢看下来就好很多，好在A字母的书不长，pdf还不到200页，应该很快能看完。

查了下Alibi的意思：

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al⋅i⋅bi
–noun
1. Law. the defense by an accused person of having been elsewhere at the time an alleged offense was committed.
2. an excuse, esp. to avoid blame.
3. a person used as one's excuse: My sick grandmother was my alibi for missing school.
–verb (used without object)
4. Informal. to give an excuse; offer a defense: to alibi for being late.
–verb (used with object)
5. Informal.
a. to provide an alibi for (someone): He alibied his friend out of a fix.
b. to make or find (one's way) by using alibis: to alibi one's way out of work.
Origin:
1720–30; < L alibī (adv.): in or at another place

Synonyms:
2. explanation, reason, justification.

Usage note:
Alibi in Latin is an adverb meaning “in or at another place.” Its earliest English uses, in the 18th century, are in legal contexts, both as an adverb and as a noun meaning “a plea of having been elsewhere.” The extended noun senses “excuse” and “person used as one's excuse” developed in the 20th century in the United States and occur in all but the most formal writing. As a verb alibi occurs mainly in informal use.