Alibi Ike

短语

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词形变化

Alibi Ikes 复数 Alibi Ikes

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who is always ready to provide excuses for shortcomings, errors, or other difficulties.

    非正式

    There's no foulup so lame that keepers of the flame like Andrew Bacevich, the modern Alibi Ike, can't excuse, spin and downplay.

词源

From the principal character in "Alibi Ike" (1915), a short story by Ring Lardner Sr., and a subsequent film (1935) of the same name.

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