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

• 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。
• How can God punish you with so many pleas for mercy?
  有这么多请求宽恕，上帝怎么能惩罚你呢？
• We merely answered your pleas.
  我们仅仅是回答了你的恳求。
• He sent her away without even listening to her pleas.
  他甚至不肯听她的哀诉就把她遣走了。
• God would not listen to his endless pleas.
  上帝对他无休止的恳求置若罔闻。
• But so far Canberra and other states have rejected his pleas.
  但到目前为止，联邦政府和其他各州一直拒绝他的请求。
• He refused to listen to her tearful pleas.
  他对她声泪俱下的恳求置之不理。
• Israel impatiently dismisses our pathetic pleas for it to stop building settlements.
  以色列对我们要求它停止扩建定居点的可怜请求不屑一顾。
• 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。
• She at last responded to his pleas for help.
  她终于对他的求援作出了反应。