plea

pleapleaD.J.:[pli:]K.K.:[pli]n.1.■请愿, 请求They made no plea for relief.他们并没有申请救济。2.■借口, 托辞He was absent under the plea of illness.他借口有病没有出席。

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plea[pli:]1.■辩解；托词；借口2.■请愿；恳求；请求3.■【法律】(表明对指控的罪名服或不服)抗辩；答辩；辩护4.■[美国古语]诉讼cop a plea[美国俚语]承认有罪以求轻判make a plea for主张；请求on the plea of something(因未做某事或做错某事而作的)辩解；借口，托词

pleaplea[pli:]n.1.■恳求, 祈求; 祷告2.■托词, 口实3.■【律】辩解, 抗辩; [古]诉讼cop a plea[美俚]避重就轻地主动认罪make a plea for主张, 请求on [under]the plea of借口...the Court of Common Pleas(英国的)高等民事法庭; (美国某些州的)中级民事[刑事]法庭Her plea was that she did not see the signal.她的辩解是说她没看见信号。