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

• They cried for mercy but their pleas were met with abuse and laughter
  他们哭喊着请求宽恕，可是他们的恳求却遭到了谩骂和嘲笑。
• The president brushed off their pleas for him to reconsider his decision.
  他们请总统重新考虑已经做出的决定，但他拒绝了他们的请求。
• 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。
• God would not listen to his endless pleas.
  上帝对他无休止的恳求置若罔闻。
• With his pleas falling on deaf ears, we tell Kevin to leave.
  人们对他的请求充耳不闻，于是我们告诉凯文先离开。
• We merely answered your pleas.
  我们仅仅是回答了你的恳求。
• But Churchill's pleas were ignored by Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.
  然而，他的请求却被当时的首相内维尔？张伯伦忽视了。
• He was deaf to her pleas.
  他对她的请求充耳不闻。
• After several minutes of listening to her pleas, I finally said I didn't have the money.
  听了她几分钟的述求后，我最后说我没钱。
• 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。