pleads

英 [pliːdz]

美 [pliːdz]

v.  乞求; 恳求; (在法庭)申辩，认罪，辩护; (向法庭)陈述案情
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柯林斯词典

• VERB 恳求；请求
  If youplead withsomeonetodo something, you ask them in an intense, emotional way to do it.
  1. The lady pleaded with her daughter to come back home...
     这位女士恳求她的女儿回家。
  2. He was kneeling on the floor pleading for mercy...
     他跪在地板上请求宽恕。
  3. 'Do not say that,' she pleaded...
     她恳求道：“别那么说。”
  4. I pleaded to be allowed to go.
     我请求准许离开。
• VERB 作（有罪或无罪的）答辩
  When someone charged with a crimepleads guiltyornot guiltyin a court of law, they officially state that they are guilty or not guilty of the crime.
  1. Morris had pleaded guilty to robbery.
     莫里斯已承认犯有抢劫罪。
• VERB 为…辩护；维护；声援
  If youplead the caseorcauseof someone or something, you speak out in their support or defence.
  1. He appeared before the Committee to plead his case...
     他出现在委员会面前为自己辩护。
  2. He would plead the cause of Russian unity.
     他会公开支持俄罗斯的统一。
• VERB 提出…为理由；把…作为借口
  If youpleada particular thing as the reason for doing or not doing something, you give it as your excuse.
  1. Mr Burke, pleading poverty, changed his mind...
     伯克先生以自己穷为由改变了主意。
  2. Mr Giles pleads ignorance as his excuse...
     贾尔斯先生把不知情当作自己的借口。
  3. It was no defence to plead that they were only obeying orders.
     辩称他们只是在服从命令站不住脚。

双语例句

• A lawyer who pleads cases in court.
  在法庭上为人辩护的律师。
• Eric Rudolph pleads guilty to setting off the bombs and is sentenced to life in prison.
  埃里克•鲁道夫（EricRudolph）承认引爆炸弹，被判终身监禁。
• Mr Giles pleads ignorance as his excuse
  贾尔斯先生把不知情当作自己的借口。
• The letter pleads for measures to promote growth.
  这封信恳请得到促进增长的方法。
• He is unarmed and pleads for his life as he's surrounded by a group of paramilitaries, who are armed and in uniform.
  他手无寸铁，被一群手持武器，身穿制服的预备役军人包围时曾经求饶。
• A person who pleads for a cause or idea.
  一个试图促成一项事业或一个想法的人。
• Assuming that a plaintiff both pleads and proves the elements of libel, she then typically will seek monetary damages.
  在原告提出并且证明存在诽谤因素的情况下，一般会要求得到经济赔偿。
• He pleads that he have act in self-defence when he have hit the mugger. The constable was justified in shooting an escaped criminal in self-defence.
  他抗辩道，当他打击行凶抢劫者时他是在自卫。警察出于自卫而枪击逃犯的行为被判明无罪。
• At the reception desk, a mother pleads with staff to admit her son.
  在接待处，一位母亲恳求校职员录取她的儿子。
• And then there is the anxious relative who pleads with you for information about a patient to whom you have not been able to speak about sharing confidential material.
  随之而来的是一些焦虑的亲属请求你透漏某病患的信息，而这是你不可向他人诉及的保密资料。