Alibi Ike

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who is always ready to provide excuses for shortcomings, errors, or other difficulties. informal
    — Many times I have heard the "alibi Ike's" and apologists brush off complaints and ignore behaviors because the deviator in question is too critical, too important, too tenured, or too something!

词形变化

Alibi Ikes plural

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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