英 [pliː] 美 [pliː]
n. 恳求，请求；（法庭上所作的）有罪（无罪）陈述；借口，托辞
复数pleas
plea /pliː/ CET6 TEM8
可数名词 A plea is an appeal or request for something, made in an intense or emotional way. 恳求
Mr. Nicholas made his emotional plea for help in solving the killing.
尼古拉斯先生发出了令人感动的呼吁，恳求帮助破解这桩杀人案。
可数名词 In a court of law, a person's plea is the answer that they give when they have been charged with a crime, saying whether or not they are guilty of that crime. (法庭上表明是否认罪的) 抗辩
The judge questioned him about his guilty plea.
法官就他的认罪答辩对他提出质疑。
We will enter a plea of not guilty.
我们将进行无罪抗辩。
可数名词 A plea is a reason given, to a court of law or to other people, as an excuse for doing something or for not doing something. (向法庭或其他人说明是否做某事的) 托辞
Phillips murdered his wife, but got off on a plea of insanity.
菲利普斯谋杀了自己的妻子，但以精神错乱为由逃脱了罪责。
a humble request for help from someone in authority
同义词： supplication
(law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)
an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed
抗辩-引用次数：95
As an independent plea instance, public policy plays an irreplaceable role on recognition and enforcement of the foreign arbitral award by its unique attributes.
公共政策作为一项独立抗辩事由,以其本身的特殊属性,在国际商事仲裁承认与执行领域中具有不可替代的作用。
... plausible a.似是而非的,似乎合理的,似乎可信的 plea n.(法律)抗辩；请求，恳求，托词，口实 plead v.恳求,请求;为…辩护;提出…为理由 ...
神圣恳求（Plea）：不再召唤闪电箭，而是一名天使盟友为你作战X 秒，天使造成Y% 武器伤害并周期性地嘲讽附近随机敌人。
... crime（罪行）， plea（抗辩）， suit（诉讼）， ...
河马简称 plea n. 请愿，恳求 premise n. 前提，但在这里是房产的兴味， 四级扩张词汇，须熟记 .
恳求，请求；辩解，辩护；借口，托辞
explanation / asking / request / prayer / excuse
He reached a plea bargain with the authorities.
他和当局达成了辩诉交易。
Mr. Nicholas made his emotional plea for help in solving the killing.
尼古拉斯先生发出了令人感动的呼吁，恳求帮助破解这桩杀人案。
We will enter a plea of not guilty.
我们将进行无罪抗辩。
He did not answer the charges himself but his lawyers entered a plea of not guilty.
VOA : special.2010.01.09
He went there and he made a plea that General Motors should cut its dividend that it pays to stockholders, which is a reasonable thing to do.
他向管理层提出请求,希望通用汽车公司减少,支付给股东们的红利,这是一种很合理的做法
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JFK, when making the plea for equal rights, didn't produce an abstract philosophical argument but rather tried to invite his listeners who were white to engage in perspective taking.
当肯尼迪呼吁实行平等权利时，他并没有提出抽象的哲学理由,而请求那些听他呼吁的白人,从黑人的角度进行思考。
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Outside the court,McKinnon's mother, Janis Sharp, called the ruling a disgrace and made a plea to U.S.President Barack Obama for leniency.
VOA : standard.2009.07.31
The prosecution had argued that Kasab changed his plea from innocent to guilty to secure a more-lenient sentence.
VOA : standard.2009.07.23
The week of her court hearing, days after entering a not-guilty plea, Dunn began a round of chemotherapy.
He has just accepted a plea deal that will keep him behind bars for almost a year more.
She maintained her not guilty plea to a charge of careless driving at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court.
BBC: Norma Graham, former Fife chief constable, to face trial