pleas

英 [pliːz]

美 [pliz]

n.  请求; 恳求; (被告或被告律师的)抗辩，答辩，辩护; (向法庭提供的)理由，借口，辩解
plea的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 恳求；请求
  Apleais an appeal or request for something, made in an intense or emotional way.
  1. Mr Nicholas made his emotional plea for help in solving the killing.
     尼古拉斯先生恳请帮助以解决这起凶杀案。
  2. ...an impassioned plea to mankind to act to save the planet.
     让人类行动起来拯救这个星球的慷慨激昂的呼吁
• N-COUNT （法庭上表明对于被指控的罪名服或不服的）申诉，答辩，抗辩
  In a court of law, a person'spleais the answer that they give when they have been charged with a crime, saying whether or not they are guilty of that crime.
  1. The judge questioned him about his guilty plea...
     法官就他的认罪答辩进行审问。
  2. We will enter a plea of not guilty...
     我们将进行无罪抗辩。
  3. Her plea of guilty to manslaughter through provocation was rejected.
     她因受到挑衅而过失杀人的有罪答辩被驳回。
• N-COUNT 辩由；借口；托词
  Apleais a reason which is given, to a court of law or to other people, as an excuse for doing something or for not doing something.
  1. Phillips murdered his wife, but got off on a plea of insanity...
     菲利普斯谋杀了他的妻子，但以精神错乱为由逃脱了惩罚。
  2. Mr Dunn's pleas of poverty are only partly justified.
     邓恩先生贫穷的托词只是部分成立。

双语例句

• In September, however, the Food Standards Agency refused pleas to issue official guidance highlighting these benefits.
  但是，食品标准局9月份拒绝了发布有关强调这些益处的官方指导原则的请求。
• Mr Dunn's pleas of poverty are only partly justified.
  邓恩先生贫穷的托词只是部分成立。
• Please do not reject my pleas.
  请不要拒绝我的请求。
• Seventeen prisoners held on death row are to be executed after their pleas for clemency were turned down.
  17名死刑犯申请宽大处理遭到驳回后即将被处决。
• Whereas a dog's constant pleas for attention become, sometimes, a bit too much.
  而狗不断寻求人们和注意，有时太过分了。
• The provincial assembly were deaf to all pleas for financial help.
  省议会对所有的经济救助请求都充耳不闻。
• She at last responded to his pleas for help.
  她终于对他的求援作出了反应。
• Though vietnam's government has a representative and office in taipei, the priests and workers say Vietnamese officials have not responded to pleas for help.
  虽然越南政府在台北有一位代表和办公室，神父和工作者表示，越南官方对于请求帮助尚没有任何的回应。
• But their pleas appear unlikely to be answered.
  但他们的请求似乎不太可能得到响应。
• They were deaf to all our pleas.
  他们对我们的所有请求充耳不闻。