Plead
[pliːd] or [plid]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) appeal or request earnestly; 'I pleaded with him to stop'.
(verb.) enter a plea, as in courts of law; 'She pleaded not guilty'.
(verb.) offer as an excuse or plea; 'She was pleading insanity'.
(verb.) make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts.
哈利整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(-) of Plead
(v. t.) To argue in support of a claim, or in defense against the claim of another; to urge reasons for or against a thing; to attempt to persuade one by argument or supplication; to speak by way of persuasion; as, to plead for the life of a criminal; to plead with a judge or with a father.
(v. t.) To present an answer, by allegation of fact, to the declaration of a plaintiff; to deny the plaintiff's declaration and demand, or to allege facts which show that ought not to recover in the suit; in a less strict sense, to make an allegation of fact in a cause; to carry on the allegations of the respective parties in a cause; to carry on a suit or plea.
(v. t.) To contend; to struggle.
(v. t.) To discuss, defend, and attempt to maintain by arguments or reasons presented to a tribunal or person having uthority to determine; to argue at the bar; as, to plead a cause before a court or jury.
(v. t.) To allege or cite in a legal plea or defense, or for repelling a demand in law; to answer to an indictment; as, to plead usury; to plead statute of limitations; to plead not guilty.
(v. t.) To allege or adduce in proof, support, or vendication; to offer in excuse; as, the law of nations may be pleaded in favor of the rights of ambassadors.
校對:韦恩
同義詞及近義詞:
v. n. [1]. (Law.) Make an allegation, carry on a suit.[2]. Reason, argue, offer reasons, use arguments.[3]. Apologize, offer apology or justification, make defence.
v. a. [1]. Allege, offer in excuse.[2]. Argue, discuss, defend, maintain by arguments.
錄入:诺顿
解釋/意思:
v.i. to carry on a plea or lawsuit: to argue in support of a cause against another: to seek to persuade: to admit or deny a charge of guilt.—v.t. to discuss by arguments: to allege in pleading or defence: to offer in excuse:—pa.t. and pa.p. plead′ed or (less correctly and coll.) pled.—adj. Plead′able capable of being pleaded.—n. Plead′er.—adj. Plead′ing imploring.—n. act of pleading or of conducting any cause: (pl.) the statements of the two parties in a lawsuit (law).—adv. Plead′ingly.—Plead guilty or not guilty to admit or deny guilt.—Special pleading unfair argument aiming rather at victory than at truth.
校對:西尔玛
例句/造句/用法:
- At length he began to plead again. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- But I can't be cured of my vagaries; them I plead guilty to. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- His only hope was to plead again with May, and on the day before his departure he walked with her to the ruinous garden of the Spanish Mission. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- He could only plead an ignorance of his own heart, and a mistaken confidence in the force of his engagement. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- I wonder the general modesty, manliness, sincerity of his nature do not plead with her in his behalf. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- He has opened his heart to me, Miss Garth, and asked me to plead for him. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- No, no,' pleaded the absurd creature. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- I read that just now, Mr. Wopsle pleaded. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- I therefore pleaded another engagement; and observing that Mrs. Micawber's spirits were immediately lightened, I resisted all persuasion to forego it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Don't cut my throat, sir, I pleaded in terror. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- The air--getting away, would do me more good than anything,' pleaded she. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- No; I pleaded off, and he admitted my plea. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- The confession of her heart's secret burst from her in those pleading words. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- How they showed their scars and sores, and piteously pointed to their maimed and crooked limbs, and begged with their pleading eyes for charity! 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- The other said: Ah, that wonderful face is so humble, so pleading--it says as plainly as words could say it: 'I fear; I tremble; I am unworthy. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Perhaps, she continued, getting into a pleading tone, my uncle has not told you how serious Mr. Casaubon's illness was. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Whether they received any pecuniary reward for pleading, or delivering their opinions? 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- But you do--you do make it harder to me, said Bulstrode constrained into a genuine, pleading cry. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- We wanted to get in, pleads Mr. Smallweed. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- When Percy MacKaye pleads for pageants in which the people themselves participate, he offers an opportunity for expressing some of the lusts of the city in the form of an art. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- In a low voice he pleads, Mark and Martin, don't anger your brother. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
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