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单词 pleading
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(pliːdɪŋ)
Word forms: plural pleadings
1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
A pleading expression or gesture shows someone that you want something very much.
...his pleading eyes.
...the pleading expression on her face.
Her voice was pleading.
pleadingly adverb [ADVERB after verb]
He looked at me pleadingly.
2. uncountable noun
Pleading is asking someone for something you want very much, in an intense or emotional way.
He simply ignored Sid's pleading.
...the pleadings of the poorer countries.
3.  See also special pleading

pleading in British English

(ˈpliːdɪŋ)
noun law
1. 
the act of presenting a case in court, as by a lawyer on behalf of his or her client
2. 
the art or science of preparing the formal written statements of the parties to a legal action
See also pleadings

Examples of 'pleading' in a sentence
pleading

She had written a pleading letter to the headmaster of Wrisley, asking for Mark to be allowed time off to come.
Gaskin, Catherine THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN (2001)
I'll not give them the satisfaction of pleading guilty to just doing my job.
Peter Robinson AFTERMATH (2001)

In other languages
pleading

British English: pleading ADJECTIVE
A pleading expression or gesture shows someone that you want something very much.
...his pleading eyes.
  • American English: pleading
  • Brazilian Portuguese: suplicante
  • Chinese: 恳求的
  • European Spanish: suplicante
  • French: implorant
  • German: flehend
  • Italian: implorante
  • Japanese: 訴えるような
  • Korean: 간절한
  • European Portuguese: suplicante
  • Latin American Spanish: suplicante
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