1 VERB 恳求;请求 If you plead with someone to do something, you ask them in an intense, emotional way to do it. 恳求;请求 [Also V, V that]
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The lady pleaded with her daughter to come back home. [VERB + with]
这位女士恳求她的女儿回家。
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He was kneeling on the floor pleading for mercy. [VERB + for]
他跪在地板上请求宽恕。
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'Do not say that,' she pleaded. [VERB with quote]
她恳求道:“别那么说。”
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I pleaded to be allowed to go. [VERB to-infinitive]
我请求准许离开。
SYN appeal, ask, request, beg
2 VERB 作(有罪或无罪的)答辩 When someone charged with a crime pleads guilty or not guilty in a court of law, they officially state that they are guilty or not guilty of the crime. 作(有罪或无罪的)答辩
3 VERB 为…辩护;维护;声援 If you plead the case or cause of someone or something, you speak out in their support or defence. 为…辩护;维护;声援
4 VERB 提出…为理由;把…作为借口 If you plead a particular thing as the reason for doing or not doing something, you give it as your excuse. 提出…为理由;把…作为借口
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Mr Burke, pleading poverty, changed his mind. [VERB noun]
伯克先生以自己穷为由改变了主意。
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Mr Giles pleads ignorance as his excuse. [VERB noun]
贾尔斯先生把不知情当作自己的借口。
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It was no defence to plead that they were only obeying orders. [VERB that]
辩称他们只是在服从命令站不住脚。
SYN allege, claim, argue, maintain
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