汤姆不能说明玛丽遇害那天自己在哪里。

Tom can't account for his whereabouts on the day that Mary was murdered.

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Sentence Composition

1 汤姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
2 不能 bùnéng
  1. cannot
  2. must not
  3. should not
3 说明 shuōmíng
  1. to explain
  2. to illustrate
  3. to indicate
  4. to show
  5. to prove
  6. explanation
  7. directions
  8. caption

classifier: 個
4 玛丽 Mǎlì
  1. Mary or Marie (name)
  2. Mali
5 遇害 yùhài to be murdered
6 那天 nàtiān
  1. that day
  2. the other day
7 自己 zìjǐ
  1. oneself
  2. one's own
8 在 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
=9 哪里 nǎlǐ
  1. where?
  2. somewhere
  3. anywhere
  4. wherever
  5. nowhere (negative answer to question)
  6. humble expression denying compliment
  7. also written 哪里
=9 哪里 nǎlǐ
  1. where?
  2. somewhere
  3. anywhere
  4. wherever
  5. nowhere (negative answer to question)
  6. humble expression denying compliment