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  • Conjugation : past  plead ; past  pleaded ; past  pled ; ing  pleading
  • Derivatives : n  pleader ; adj  pleadable
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

plead [pliːd]
  1. 1. vt. [+case] [ cause] 为…辩护
  2. 2. vt. [+ignorance] [ ill health] [ poverty] (give as excuse) 以…为借口
  3. 3. vi. [法] (in court) 辩护
    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
    服罪

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

plead [pliːd]
  1. 1. vi. 请求祈求恳求
    I pleaded with him to stop.
    恳求停下来
  2. 2. vt. 提出……作为借口理由
    She was pleading insanity.
    她以精神病理由提出上诉
  3. 3. vt. [Law] (为……)辩护
    She pleaded not guilty.
    她不认罪
  4. 4. verb 申诉申辩

Collins English-English Dictionary

plead [pliːd]
  1. 1. vb [when intr, often foll by with] to appeal earnestly or humbly (to)
  2. 2. vt. [tr; may take a clause as object] to give as an excuse; offer in justification or extenuation
    to plead ignorance
    he pleaded that he was insane
  3. 3. vi. [intr; often foll by for] to provide an argument or appeal (for)
    her beauty pleads for her
  4. 4. vi. [law] to declare oneself to be (guilty or not guilty) in answer to the charge
  5. 5. vi. [law] to advocate (a case) in a court of law
  6. 6. vi. [intr] [law] to file pleadings
  7. 7. vi. to address a court as an advocate
  8. 8. vi. [Etymology] C13: from Old French plaidier, from Medieval Latin placitare to have a lawsuit, from Latin placere to please; see plea

Examples

to plead ignorance
以不知道情况为借口
to beg {or} plead for mercy
乞求宽恕
to plead for sth
恳求某物
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。
为被告人辩护
plead for the accused

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