1. | 请求;恳求an urgent emotional request |
She made an impassioned plea for help. 她恳切地求助。 | |
a plea to industries to stop pollution 请求生产企业停止污染 | |
He refused to listen to her tearful pleas. 他对她声泪俱下的恳求置之不理。 |
2. | (被告或被告律师的)诉讼抗辩,答辩a statement made by sb or for sb who is accused of a crime |
a plea of guilty/not guilty 承认╱不承认有罪 | |
to enter a guilty plea 正式表示认罪 |
3. | ~ of sth (向法庭提供的)理由,借口,辩解a reason given to a court for doing or not doing sth |
He was charged with murder, but got off on a plea of insanity. 他被指控犯了谋杀罪,但以精神错乱为由逃过惩罚。 |