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单词 plead
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plead

There have been concerns that people may plead guilty simply to avoid going to court.He said this was tantamount to pleading guilty and he deserved a cut.But they knocked a week off that after he pleaded guilty to the charge at the earliest opportunity.At Grimsby crown court he pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm.The trio all pleaded guilty at a Portsmouth crown court hearing.He pleaded not guilty to the charges at an initial hearing on Monday.He was given five consecutive nine-year terms at Lincoln crown court after pleading guilty to ten threats to kill.The persistent widow kept returning to plead her case.No bank executives should be allowed to plead ignorance.All three defendants had pleaded not guilty to murder.It was one of those questions where answering correctly might be worse than pleading ignorance.She may well send your father to plead her case.All the men have pleaded not guilty to all charges.It is not enough to deflect problems by invoking due process or by pleading ignorance.Two of those charged have pleaded not guilty.Our taxi driver pleaded our case but to no avail.But it is easier to plead ignorance than to try to get to the bottom of it.But he pleaded guilty in court.He got a 12-month conditional discharge after pleading guilty at court.I plead the cause of the people.For now, best tell your dad that you're not the person to plead his cause.But she accepted that he was fond of her, and agreed in the end that he could continue to plead his cause -- though not in person.

In other languages
plead

British English: plead VERB
If you plead with someone to do something, you ask them in an intense, emotional way to do it.
The lady pleaded with her daughter to come back home.
  • American English: plead
  • Brazilian Portuguese: declarar-se
  • Chinese: 恳求
  • European Spanish: suplicar
  • French: plaider
  • German: anflehen
  • Italian: implorare
  • Japanese: 嘆願する
  • Korean: 간청하다
  • European Portuguese: declarar-se
  • Latin American Spanish: suplicar

Chinese translation of 'plead'

plead

(pliːd)

vt

  1. (Law) [case, cause] 为(為) ... 辩(辯)护(護) (wèi ... biànhù)
  2. (= give as excuse) [ignorance, ill health, poverty] 以 ... 为(為)借口 (yǐ ... wéi jièkǒu)

vi

  1. (Law, in court) 辩(辯)护(護) (biànhù)
    to plead with sb (to do sth) 恳(懇)求某人(做某事) (kěnqiú mǒurén (zuò mǒushì))
    to plead for sth 恳(懇)求某物 (kěnqiú mǒuwù)
    to plead guilty 服罪 (fúzuì)
    to plead not guilty 不服罪 (bù fúzuì)

All related terms of 'plead'

(verb) 
Definition
to ask with deep feeling
He was kneeling on the floor pleading for mercy.
Synonyms
appeal
The UN has appealed for help from the international community.
ask
We had to ask him to leave.
request
They requested him to leave.
beg
I begged him to come back to England with me.
petition
She is petitioning to regain ownership of the business.
crave (informal)
If I may crave your lordship's indulgence, I would like to consult my client.
solicit
She was soliciting a donation from a rich tycoon.
implore
`Tell me what to do!' she implored him.
beseech
She beseeched him to take more exercise.
entreat
They entreated the audience to stay calm.
importune (formal)
beggars importuning passers-by
supplicate
(verb) 
Definition
to give as an excuse
The guards pleaded that they were only obeying orders.
Synonyms
allege
The accused is alleged to have killed a man.
claim
He claimed that it was a conspiracy against him.
argue
His lawyers are arguing that he is unfit to stand trial.
maintain
Prosecutors maintain that no deal was made.
assert
We assert that the bill violates the First Amendment.
put forward
adduce
The evidence she adduced was authoritative.
use as an excuse

Additional synonyms

in the sense of adduce
Definition
to mention something as evidence
The evidence she adduced was authoritative.
Synonyms
mention,
offer,
name,
present,
advance,
quote,
allege,
cite,
designate
in the sense of argue
Definition
to try to prove by presenting reasons
His lawyers are arguing that he is unfit to stand trial.
Synonyms
claim,
question,
reason,
challenge,
insist,
maintain,
hold,
allege,
plead,
assert,
contend,
uphold,
profess,
remonstrate (formal),
expostulate
in the sense of ask
We had to ask him to leave.
Synonyms
request,
apply to,
appeal to,
plead with,
demand,
urge,
sue,
pray,
beg,
petition,
crave (informal),
solicit,
implore,
enjoin,
beseech,
entreat,
supplicate

Synonyms of 'plead'

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of assert
Definition
to state or declare
We assert that the bill violates the First Amendment.
Synonyms
state,
argue,
maintain,
declare,
allege,
swear,
pronounce,
contend,
affirm,
profess,
attest,
predicate,
postulate,
avow,
aver,
asseverate (formal),
avouch (archaic)
in the sense of beg
Definition
to ask formally, humbly, or earnestly
I begged him to come back to England with me.
Synonyms
implore,
plead with,
beseech,
desire (formal),
request,
pray,
petition,
conjure (formal),
crave (informal),
solicit,
entreat,
importune (formal),
supplicate,
go on bended knee to
in the sense of beseech
Definition
to ask earnestly
She beseeched him to take more exercise.
Synonyms
beg,
ask,
petition,
call upon,
plead with,
solicit,
implore,
entreat,
importune (formal),
adjure,
supplicate,
pray
in the sense of claim
Definition
to assert as a fact
He claimed that it was a conspiracy against him.
Synonyms
assert,
insist,
maintain,
allege,
uphold,
profess,
hold
in the sense of crave
Definition
to beg or plead for
If I may crave your lordship's indulgence, I would like to consult my client.
Synonyms
beg,
ask for,
seek,
petition,
pray for,
plead for,
solicit,
implore,
beseech,
entreat,
supplicate
in the sense of entreat
Definition
to ask (someone) earnestly to do something
They entreated the audience to stay calm.
Synonyms
beg,
ask,
appeal to,
petition,
pray to,
conjure (formal),
request,
plead with,
exhort (formal),
implore,
enjoin,
beseech,
importune (formal),
ask earnestly,
supplicate
in the sense of implore
Definition
to beg desperately
`Tell me what to do!' she implored him.
Synonyms
beg,
beseech,
entreat,
conjure (formal),
plead with,
solicit,
pray to,
importune (formal),
crave of,
supplicate,
go on bended knee to
in the sense of importune
Definition
to harass with persistent requests
beggars importuning passers-by
Synonyms
pester,
press,
plague,
hound,
harass,
besiege,
badger,
beset,
solicit,
dun,
lay siege to,
entreat
in the sense of maintain
Definition
to assert
Prosecutors maintain that no deal was made.
Synonyms
assert,
state,
hold,
claim,
insist,
declare,
allege,
contend,
affirm,
profess,
avow,
aver,
asseverate (formal)
in the sense of petition
Definition
to address or present a petition to (a government or to someone in authority)
She is petitioning to regain ownership of the business.
Synonyms
appeal,
press,
plead,
call (upon),
ask,
urge,
sue,
pray,
beg,
crave (informal),
solicit,
beseech,
entreat,
adjure,
supplicate

Additional synonyms

in the sense of request
Definition
to ask for or politely demand
They requested him to leave.
Synonyms
invite,
call for,
beg,
petition,
beseech,
entreat,
supplicate
in the sense of solicit
She was soliciting a donation from a rich tycoon.
Synonyms
appeal to,
ask,
call on,
lobby,
press,
beg,
petition,
plead with,
implore,
beseech,
entreat,
importune (formal),
supplicate
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