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plead
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- Conjugation :
past
plead
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past
pleaded
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past
pled
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ing
pleading
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Derivatives :
n
pleader
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adj
pleadable
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- plead
[pliːd]
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1.
vt.
[+case]
[ cause]
为…辩护
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2.
vt.
[+ignorance]
[ ill health]
[ poverty]
(give as excuse) 以…为借口
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3.
vi.
[法]
(in court) 辩护
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to plead with sb (to do sth)
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恳求某人(做某事)
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to plead for sth
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恳求某物
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to plead guilty
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服罪
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to plead not guilty
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不服罪
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- plead
[pliːd]
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1.
vi.
请求,祈求,恳求
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I pleaded with him to stop.
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我恳求他停下来。
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2.
vt.
提出……作为借口或理由
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She was pleading insanity.
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她以精神病为理由提出上诉。
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3.
vt.
[Law]
(为……)辩护
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She pleaded not guilty.
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她不认罪。
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4.
verb
申诉,申辩
Collins English-English Dictionary
- plead
[pliːd]
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1.
vb
[when intr, often foll by with]
to appeal earnestly or humbly (to)
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2.
vt.
[tr; may take a clause as object]
to give as an excuse; offer in justification or extenuation
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to plead ignorance
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he pleaded that he was insane
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3.
vi.
[intr; often foll by for]
to provide an argument or appeal (for)
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her beauty pleads for her
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4.
vi.
[law]
to declare oneself to be (guilty or not guilty) in answer to the charge
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5.
vi.
[law]
to advocate (a case) in a court of law
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6.
vi.
[intr]
[law]
to file pleadings
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7.
vi.
to address a court as an advocate
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8.
vi.
[Etymology]
C13: from Old French plaidier, from Medieval Latin placitare to have a lawsuit, from Latin placere to please; see plea
Examples
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to plead ignorance
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以不知道情况为借口
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to beg {or} plead for mercy
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乞求宽恕
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to plead for sth
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恳求某物
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to plead not guilty
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不服罪
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Though her voice was toneless, it plead more loudly than words.
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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。
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为被告人辩护
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plead for the accused
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