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a serious emotional request, especially for something needing action now 請求；懇求 - plea for something
She made an impassioned plea for help. 她懇切地求助。 - plea (to somebody) (to do something)
a plea to industries to stop pollution 請求生産企業停止污染 He refused to listen to her tearful pleas. 他對她聲淚俱下的懇求置之不理。
Extra Examplesa final plea for his life 爲他的生命的最後請求 Despite pleas from his mother, the gunman refused to give himself up. 盡管他母親再三懇求，這名持槍歹徒還是拒絕投案自首。 Hospital visiting hours were extended in response to pleas from patients. 應病人的請求，醫院延長了探視時間。 She made an emotional plea for her daughter's killer to be caught. 她情緒激動地懇求要抓獲殺害她女兒的兇手。
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 （被告或被告律師的）訴訟抗辯，答辯 a plea of guilty/not guilty 承認／不承認有罪 to enter a guilty plea 正式表示認罪
Extra ExamplesTopics Law and justicec1Her lawyer entered a plea of guilty on her behalf. 律師代表她承認控罪。 The prosecution accepted a plea of manslaughter. 控方認可了過失殺人的辯護。 The terms of the plea agreements weren't disclosed. 控辯協議的條款沒有披露。
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，辯解 He was charged with murder, but got off on a plea of insanity. 他被指控犯了謀殺罪，但以精神錯亂爲由逃過懲罰。 These facts cannot support a plea of diminished responsibility. 這些事實不支持減輕刑事責任抗辯。
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’.