| 单词 | plead |
| 释义 | plead (pliːd ) Word forms: pleads , pleading , pleaded 1. verb If you plead with someone to do something, you ask them in an intense, emotional way to do it. The woman pleaded with her daughter to come back home. [VERB + with] He was kneeling on the floor pleading for mercy. [VERB + for] 'Do not say that,' she pleaded. [VERB with quote] I pleaded to be allowed to go. [VERB to-infinitive] Synonyms: appeal, ask, request, beg 2. verb When someone charged with a crime pleads guilty or not guilty in a court of law, they officially state that they are guilty or not guilty of the crime. Morris had pleaded guilty to robbery. [VERB adjective] 3. verb If you plead the case or cause of someone or something, you speak out in their support or defence. He appeared before the Committee to plead his case. [VERB noun] He pled the cause of the afflicted and the needy. [VERB noun] 4. verb If you plead a particular thing as the reason for doing or not doing something, you give it as your excuse. Mr Burke, pleading poverty, changed his mind. [VERB noun] Mr Giles pleads ignorance as his excuse. [VERB noun] It was no defence to plead that they were only obeying orders. [VERB that] Synonyms: allege, claim, argue, maintain Translations: Chinese: 恳求 Japanese: 嘆願する |
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