pleas

英 [pliːz]

美 [pliz]

n.  请求; 恳求; (被告或被告律师的)抗辩，答辩，辩护; (向法庭提供的)理由，借口，辩解
plea的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 恳求；请求
  Apleais an appeal or request for something, made in an intense or emotional way.
  1. Mr Nicholas made his emotional plea for help in solving the killing.
     尼古拉斯先生恳请帮助以解决这起凶杀案。
  2. ...an impassioned plea to mankind to act to save the planet.
     让人类行动起来拯救这个星球的慷慨激昂的呼吁
• N-COUNT （法庭上表明对于被指控的罪名服或不服的）申诉，答辩，抗辩
  In a court of law, a person'spleais the answer that they give when they have been charged with a crime, saying whether or not they are guilty of that crime.
  1. The judge questioned him about his guilty plea...
     法官就他的认罪答辩进行审问。
  2. We will enter a plea of not guilty...
     我们将进行无罪抗辩。
  3. Her plea of guilty to manslaughter through provocation was rejected.
     她因受到挑衅而过失杀人的有罪答辩被驳回。
• N-COUNT 辩由；借口；托词
  Apleais a reason which is given, to a court of law or to other people, as an excuse for doing something or for not doing something.
  1. Phillips murdered his wife, but got off on a plea of insanity...
     菲利普斯谋杀了他的妻子，但以精神错乱为由逃脱了惩罚。
  2. Mr Dunn's pleas of poverty are only partly justified.
     邓恩先生贫穷的托词只是部分成立。

双语例句

• They were deaf to all our pleas.
  他们对我们的所有请求充耳不闻。
• Seventeen prisoners held on death row are to be executed after their pleas for clemency were turned down.
  17名死刑犯申请宽大处理遭到驳回后即将被处决。
• We merely answered your pleas.
  我们仅仅是回答了你的恳求。
• He refused to listen to her tearful pleas.
  他对她声泪俱下的恳求置之不理。
• Though vietnam's government has a representative and office in taipei, the priests and workers say Vietnamese officials have not responded to pleas for help.
  虽然越南政府在台北有一位代表和办公室，神父和工作者表示，越南官方对于请求帮助尚没有任何的回应。
• Quiet, pleas! I have something to tell you about Danny.
  请安静，我要告诉大家有关丹尼的情况。
• But so far Canberra and other states have rejected his pleas.
  但到目前为止，联邦政府和其他各州一直拒绝他的请求。
• The president brushed off their pleas for him to reconsider his decision.
  他们请总统重新考虑已经做出的决定，但他拒绝了他们的请求。
• Felix pleaded for his life, but his pleas fell on deaf ears.
  费利克斯恳求主人放他一条生路，可主人对他的请求置之不理。
• The pleas were made at a meeting in Washington of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
  他们是在华盛顿召开的国际货币基金组织和世界银行会议上发出这一请求的。