搜尋結果
plead
- IPA[pliːd]
英式
- make an emotional appeal;present and argue for (a position), especially in court or in another public context
verb: plead, 3rd person present: pleads, gerund or present participle: pleading, past tense: pleaded, past participle: pleaded
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. make an emotional appeal she pleaded with them not to gag the boy ‘Don't go,’ she pleaded 同義詞
- 2. present and argue for (a position), especially in court or in another public context the idea that in public relations work someone is paid to plead a special case is disliked 同義詞
- ▪ address a court as an advocate on behalf of a party the Constitution prohibits a retired Supreme Court judge from pleading before any court
- ▪ state formally in court whether one is guilty or not guilty of the offence with which one is charged the youth pleaded guilty to murdering the girl
- ▪ invoke (a reason or a point of law) as an accusation or defence on trial for attempted murder, she pleaded self-defence
- ▪ offer or present as an excuse for doing or not doing something he pleaded family commitments as a reason for not attending 同義詞