plead
- IPA[plēd]
美式
- make an emotional appeal；present and argue for (a position), especially in court or in another public context
verb: plead, 3rd person present: pleads, gerund or present participle: pleading, past tense: pleaded, past participle: pleaded
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- 1. make an emotional appeal “Don't go,” she pleaded Anne pleaded to go with her 同義詞
- 2. present and argue for (a position), especially in court or in another public context using cheap melodrama to plead the case for three prisoners 同義詞
- ▪ address a court as an advocate on behalf of a party the Constitution prohibits a retired Supreme Court judge from pleading before any court
- ▪ state formally in court whether one is guilty or not guilty of the offense with which one is charged he pleaded guilty to the drug charge
- ▪ invoke (a reason or a point of law) as an accusation or defense on trial for attempted murder, she pleaded self-defense
- ▪ offer or present as an excuse for doing or not doing something he pleaded family commitments as a reason for not attending 同義詞
- North American, Scottish, or dialect past and past participle of plead
Oxford American Dictionary
- North American, Scottish, or dialect past and past participle of plead
Oxford Dictionary
- (in the US) exercise the right, guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, of ...
Oxford Dictionary
- (in the US) exercise the right, guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, of ...
Oxford American Dictionary
- (in the US) exercise the right, guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, of ...
Oxford American Dictionary
- (in the US) exercise the right, guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, of ...
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- IPA[pliːd]
英式
- make an emotional appeal: she pleaded with them not to gag the boy ‘Don't go,’ she pleaded
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