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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

plead the fifth
  1. 1. 拒绝(干…);拒绝发表意见

Examples

to plead for mercy
恳求宽恕
to plead ignorance
以不知道情况为借口
to beg {or} plead for mercy
乞求宽恕
to plead with sb (to do sth)
恳求某人(做某事)
to plead for sth
恳求某物
to plead guilty
服罪
to plead not guilty
不服罪
Though her voice was toneless, it plead more loudly than words.
虽然她的声音听起来很沉闷,但是其中的恳求之意比言语更有力。
to plead ignorance
He fitted the rope lashings of the oars onto the thole pins and, leaning forward against the thrust of the blades in the water, he began to row out of the harbor in the dark.
他把桨上的绳圈套在桨座的钉子上,身子朝前冲,抵消桨片在水中所遇到的阻力,在黑暗中动手划出港去。

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