Madrid has accused Gibraltarians of cross-border tobacco and liquor smuggling, and that could be used as a pretext for closing the frontier, effectively cutting off Gibraltar's 30,000 residents.

马德里一直指责直布罗陀人进行跨境烟酒走私；而此种行为可能会成为关闭边境的托辞，从而有效地将直布罗陀3万隔离开。

But you can't use your alibis to pay for things and no one cares about all the reasons why you failed.

但你无法用你的托辞价款，没人关心你失败的所有原因。

They know all the reasons for failure and have what they believe to be airtight alibis to explain away their own lack of achievement.

他们知道所有失败的原因，并有他们认为无懈可击的托辞解释自己缺乏成就。

The worst part is people cling to these alibis because they created them and a person's alibi is the child of their own imagination.

最糟糕的是，人们执着于这些托辞，因为是他们自己创造了这些托辞，而一个人的托辞借口是他们自己想象的产物。

" It was a subterfuge of necessity." And Jessica thought: This is a brave woman, myPaul's.

“这是必要的托辞。”而杰西卡心想：这是一个勇敢的女人，我保罗的。

Maybe Travers was just trying to get me out of his office.

也许这只是特拉弗斯敷衍我的托辞。