| 单词 | plead |
| 释义 | plead (once / 160 pages) v To plead with someone is to try to convince them to see it your way. Your kids may plead with you to let them go on the super-huge outrageous roller coaster built in 1968, but you know better. The term plead comes from the word plea, which is from the legal system, where lawyers make a plea to the court and argue a case for their client. To plead is to ask for something from someone, often on the verge of begging. You may plead with the phone company to give an appointment time that spans only three hours, but, regardless of your pleading, they will make you wait eight hours for the technician to finally show. WORD FAMILYplead: pleaded, pleader, pleading, pleads, pled+/pleader: pleaders/pleading: pleadingly, pleadings USAGE EXAMPLESMr Tsang pleaded not guilty to three charges of bribery and misconduct, relating to a luxury flat in China. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) He also was sentenced to 18 years in prison on state child-sex charges related to the same abuse after pleading no contest. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Obiang is expected to plead not guilty to charges of laundering the proceeds of corruption, embezzlement and misuse of public funds. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) 1v appeal or request earnestly I pleaded with him to stop Hypo|Hyper beg, implore, pray call upon in supplication; entreat adjure, beseech, bid, conjure, entreat, pressask for or request earnestly craveplead or ask for earnestly supplicateask humbly (for something) importune, insistbeg persistently and urgently appeal, invoke request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection 2v offer as an excuse or plea She was pleading insanity Hyper apologise, apologize, excuse, justify, rationalise, rationalize defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning 3v enter a plea, as in courts of law She pleaded not guilty Hyper declare state emphatically and authoritatively 4v make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts Hypo|Hyper demur enter a demurrer allege, aver, say report or maintain |
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