plead
美音:
[pli:d
]英音:
[pli:d
]vi.辩护,恳求 vt.为...辩护,借口,托称
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plead为短语/超纲词汇
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词形变化:
副词:pleadingly 名词:pleader 动词过去式:pleaded/pled 过去分词:pleaded/pled 现在分词:pleading 第三人称单数:pleads 形容词:pleadable
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plead
/pli:d; plid/
v (pt, pp pleaded; US pled / pled; plZd/)
1 [Ipr, It] ~ (with sb) (for sth) make repeated urgent requests (to sb) (for sth) 再三恳求或请求(某人)(做某事)
*plead for mercy 祈求发慈悲
* He pleaded with his parents for a more understanding attitude. 他求父母多加谅解.
* She pleaded with him not to leave her alone. 她恳求他不要留下她一个人.
* The boy pleaded to be allowed to ride on the tractor. 那男孩请求让他坐坐拖拉机.
2 [Tn] offer (sth) as an explanation or excuse, esp for failing to do sth or for doing sth wrong 提出(理由或藉口)(尤指因未做某事或做错某事)
*They asked him to pay for the damage but he pleaded poverty. 他们要他付损害赔偿金, 但他藉口贫穷而不偿还.
* He apologized for not coming to the party, pleading pressure of work. 他为不能到会而道歉, 推说是工作太忙.
* Pleading ignorance of the law won't help you if you are caught. 假若因犯法被抓住, 藉口不知是犯法亦无济于事.
3 [Ipr] ~ for/against sb (law 律) (of a lawyer) speak to a lawcourt (on behalf of the plaintiff/defendant)(指律师)(在法庭上为原告[被告])提出申诉、答辩或辩护.
4 [Tn] (law 律) present (a case) to a court of law 向法庭陈述(案情)
*They employed the best lawyer they could get to plead their case. 他们聘请了能请到的最好的律师为他们陈述案情.
5 [Tn] (law 律) put (sth) forward as the basis of a case in a court of law (on behalf of sb) (代表某人)向法庭提出(某事)(作为案件的基础)
*Counsel for the accused said that he intended to plead insanity, ie that his client was insane and therefore not responsible for his actions. 被告的律师说他想提出 案发时被告精神失常这一理由, 为被告不需负法律责任进行辩护.
* plead guilty/not guilty, ie declare that one is guilty/not guilty of the crime one has been accused of 承认有罪[不承认有罪].
6 [Ipr, Tn] ~ (for) sth argue in support of sth; support (a cause) by argument 极力主张; 以辩论支持(某事业)
*plead the cause of politicalprisoners 声援政治犯的事业
* plead for the modernizationof the city's public transport 力主城市公共交通现代化.
plead
v[
Date: 1200-1300;
Language: Old French;Origin: plaidier, from plaid;
PLEA]
[I and T]to ask for something that you want very much, in a sincere and emotional way
=
beg 'Don't go!' Robert pleaded.plead for Civil rights groups pleaded for government help.plead with sb (to do sth) Moira pleaded with him to stay.past tense and past participlepleadedorpled [pled/
1. Everyone should have a lawyer to plead his case. 每个人都应该有个律师为他的案件辩护。
2. No one can plead ignorance of a subject any longer, for there are countless do-it-yourself publications. 由于出版了不计其数的教人自己动手做事的书报杂志,没有人再能说对某事一无所知。
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