plea
plea 英 [pli:] 美 [pli]
n. 请求；借口，托辞
名词复数:pleas
- A plea is what you make when you're begging for something with a sense of urgency and emotion. While you wouldn't call asking for a hall pass a plea, you could make a plea for justice or world peace.
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- n. 请求；借口，托辞
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1. She made an plea for help.
她求助。
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2. a plea to industries to stop pollution
请求各个行业停止污染
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3. He refused to listen to her tearful pleas.
他对她声泪俱下的恳求置之不理。
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4. a plea of guilty
承认有罪
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5. to enter a guilty plea
正式表示认罪
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6. He was charged with murder, but got off on a plea of insanity.
他被指控犯了谋杀罪，但以精神错乱为由逃过惩罚。
- plea (n.) early 13c., "lawsuit," from Anglo-French plai (late 12c.), Old French plait "lawsuit, decision, decree" (9c.), from Medieval Latin placitum "lawsuit," in classical Latin, "opinion, decree," literally "that which pleases, thing which is agreed upon," properly neuter past participle of placere "to please, give pleasure, be approved" (see please).
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