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Plead Pleaded Pled Guilty   [V Sth Pliːd Transitive

word plead
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/pli͟ːd/
1
[VERB 动词]恳求;请求 If you plead with someone to do something, you ask them in an intense, emotional way to do it.
  [V with n to-inf]
  [V for n]
  [V with quote]
  [V to-inf-passive]
  [Also V]
  • The lady pleaded with her daughter to come back home...

    这位女士恳求她的女儿回家。

  • He was kneeling on the floor pleading for mercy...

    他跪在地板上请求宽恕。

  • 'Do not say that,' she pleaded...

    她恳求道:“别那么说。”

  • I pleaded to be allowed to go.

    我请求准许离开。

2
[VERB 动词]作(有罪或无罪的)答辩 When someone charged with a crime pleads guilty or not guilty in a court of law, they officially state that they are guilty or not guilty of the crime.
  [V adj]
  • Morris had pleaded guilty to robbery.

    莫里斯已承认犯有抢劫罪。

3
[VERB 动词]为…辩护;维护;声援 If you plead the case or cause of someone or something, you speak out in their support or defence.
  [V n]
  • He appeared before the Committee to plead his case...

    他出现在委员会面前为自己辩护。

  • He would plead the cause of Russian unity.

    他会公开支持俄罗斯的统一。

4
[VERB 动词]提出…为理由;把…作为借口 If you plead a particular thing as the reason for doing or not doing something, you give it as your excuse.
  [V n]
  [V that]
  • Mr Burke, pleading poverty, changed his mind...

    伯克先生以自己穷为由改变了主意。

  • Mr Giles pleads ignorance as his excuse...

    贾尔斯先生把不知情当作自己的借口。

  • 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。


Oxford plead / pliːd ; NAmE pliːd / verb ( pleaded , pleaded NAmE also pled , pled / pled ; NAmE pled / ) 1 [intransitive ,  transitive ] to ask sb for sth in a very strong and serious way 乞求;恳求 SYN
beg
plead(with sb) (to do sth) She pleaded with him not to go. 她恳求他不要离开。 plead(with sb) (for sth) I was forced to plead for my child's life. 我被迫苦苦哀求给我的孩子一条生路。 pleading eyes 乞求的眼神 pleadto do sth He pleaded to be allowed to see his mother one more time. 他恳求准许他再看妈妈一眼。 + speech ‘Do something!’ she pleaded. “帮帮忙吧!”她央求道。
2 [intransitive ,  transitive ,  no passive ] to state in court that you are guilty or not guilty of a crime (在法庭)申辩,认罪,辩护 (+ adj.) to plead guilty/not guilty 认罪;不认罪 How do you plead? (= said by the judge at the start of the trial) 你有何辩护? pleadsth He advised his client to plead insanity (= say that he/she was mentally ill and therefore not responsible for his/her actions). 他建议他的当事人以精神不正常作为辩护理由。 3 [transitive ] pleadsth to present a case to a court (向法庭)陈述案情 They hired a top lawyer to plead their case. 他们聘请了一位顶级律师帮他们陈述案情。 4 [transitive ,  no passive ] pleadsth (for sth) | pleadthat… to give sth as an explanation or excuse for sth 解释;推说;找借口 He pleaded family problems for his lack of concentration. 他解释说他不能集中精神是因为有家庭问题。 5 [transitive ,  intransitive ] to argue in support of sb/sth 为…辩护;声援;支持 pleadsth She appeared on television to plead the cause of political prisoners everywhere. 她出现在电视上为所有政治犯声援请命。 pleadfor sb/sth The United Nations has pleaded for a halt to the bombing. 联合国已呼吁停止轰炸。 plead pleads pleaded pled pleading
plead / pliːd ; NAmE pliːd / pled / pled ; NAmE pled /
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pleadplead /pliːd/ ●●○ verb
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1[intransitive, transitive] to ask for something that you want very much, in a sincere and emotional way SYN  beg:  ‘Don’t go!’ Robert pleaded.plead for Civil rights groups pleaded for government help.plead with somebody (to do something) Moira pleaded with him to stay. see thesaurus at
ask
2 (past tense and past participle pleaded also pled /pled/ especially American English) [intransitive, transitive] law to state in a court of law whether or not you are guilty of a crimeplead guilty/not guilty/innocent Henderson pled guilty to burglary.3 (past tense and past participle pleaded also pled American English) plead ignorance/illness/insanity etc formal to give a particular excuse for your actions:  She stayed home from work, pleading illness.4[transitive] written to give reasons why you think something is true or why something should be doneplead that Managers pleaded that there was not enough time to make the changes. Residents successfully pleaded their case at a council meeting.
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plead

[pli:d]pleaded, pleading, pleads

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pleaded[1435] pleading[2025] pleads[630]
恳求(55%),辩护(33%),认罪(10%),提出借口(2%)
vt.借口;为...辩护;托称
vi.恳求;辩护

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