词组 | plea |
释义 | plea /pliː/ noun 1. an urgent requestadjectivesan urgent plea The Red Cross sent out an urgent plea for water, food, and medicine.a desperate plea The charity issued a desperate plea for more aid to help the homeless.an impassioned/passionate plea (=a request that is full of strong feeling) His speech was an impassioned plea for an end to the fighting.a personal plea The chairman made a personal plea, asking the workers not to strike.repeated pleas Despite repeated pleas, nothing has been done about the situation.a strong plea She made a strong plea for the law to be changed.verbsmake/issue a plea The government made a plea to the terrorists to release the hostages. | The United Nations secretary general issued a plea for international assistance for the flood victims.hear/listen to a plea The council heard pleas from local people, urging them to stop the development. | The authorities promised they would listen to our pleas.ignore/reject a plea She said the neighbours had ignored her pleas to keep the noise down. | The government rejected a plea from opposition parties to lower the tax on petrol.accept a plea He accepted her plea for forgiveness.prepositionsa plea for sth The prime minister made a plea for the release of the hostages.a plea to sb Leading scientists issued a plea to politicians to take action on climate change.phrasesa plea for help He ignored their pleas for help.2. a statement by someone in a court of law saying whether they are guilty or notadjectivesa guilty/not guilty plea also a plea of guilty/not guilty She served two years in prison after a guilty plea on tax charges.verbsmake/enter a plea (=present a plea to a court of law) His lawyer entered a not guilty plea on his behalf.accept a plea The judge accepted a guilty plea on behalf of the businessman on charges of tax evasion.reject a plea The court had rejected his plea.change a plea She changed her plea from guilty to not guilty.plea + nounsa plea bargain (=when someone agrees to admit in court that they are guilty of one crime, in exchange for not being charged for a more serious crime) A plea bargain was agreed between the company and the Justice Department.plea bargaining The practice of plea bargaining is common in America. |
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