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a serious emotional request, especially for something needing action now 请求；恳求 - plea for something
She made an impassioned plea for help. 她恳切地求助。 - plea (to somebody) (to do something)
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。
Extra Examplesa final plea for his life 为他的生命的最后请求 Despite pleas from his mother, the gunman refused to give himself up. 尽管他母亲再三恳求，这名持枪歹徒还是拒绝投案自首。 Hospital visiting hours were extended in response to pleas from patients. 应病人的请求，医院延长了探视时间。 She made an emotional plea for her daughter's killer to be caught. 她情绪激动地恳求要抓获杀害她女儿的凶手。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- desperate
- strong
- urgent
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- make
- issue
- ignore
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- despite a/the plea
- plea by
- plea from
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- plea for something
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law 法律 a statement made by somebody or for somebody who is accused of a crime （被告或被告律师的）诉讼抗辩，答辩 a plea of guilty/not guilty 承认／不承认有罪 to enter a guilty plea 正式表示认罪
Extra ExamplesTopics Law and justicec1Her lawyer entered a plea of guilty on her behalf. 律师代表她承认控罪。 The prosecution accepted a plea of manslaughter. 控方认可了过失杀人的辩护。 The terms of the plea agreements weren't disclosed. 控辩协议的条款没有披露。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- guilty
- not guilty
- insanity
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- enter
- hear
- change
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- bargain
- bargaining
- agreement
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- plea for
- plea of
- cop a plea
- plea of something (
law 法律 a reason given to a court for doing or not doing something （向法庭提供的）理由，借口，辩解 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。 These facts cannot support a plea of diminished responsibility. 这些事实不支持减轻刑事责任抗辩。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- guilty
- not guilty
- insanity
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- enter
- hear
- change
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- bargain
- bargaining
- agreement
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- plea for
- plea of
- cop a plea
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘lawsuit’): from Old French plait, plaid ‘agreement, discussion’, from Latin placitum ‘a decree’, neuter past participle of placere ‘to please’.