plead
[pli:d]
v.辩护, 恳求, 提出借口
例句与用法：
Pleading ignorance of the law won't help you if you are caught.
假若因犯法被抓住,借口不知是犯法亦无济于事。
She pleaded that she felt very tired.
她推说她觉得很疲劳。
He pleaded with his mother to allow him to go to the circus.
他请求他母亲答应他去看马戏。
The girl charged with murder was said to be mad and unfit to plead.
据说那个被指控谋杀的女孩是疯子，不能为自己申辩。
词形变化：
形容词: pleadable | 副词: pleadingly | 名词: pleader | 动词过去式: pleaded/pled | 动词过去分词: pleaded/pled | 动词现在分词: pleading | 动词第三人称单数: pleads |
详细释义：
vt.
1. 【律】为(案件)辩护; 作为答辩提出
The boy pleaded innocence and said he had not stolen the fruit.
那男孩辩称无罪并说他未曾偷水果。
2. 以……为理由, 以……为口实[+that]
He pleaded illness as the reason for his absence.
他以生病作为缺席的理由。
3. 【律】(不用被动式)承认
He pleaded guilty.
他承认有罪。
vi.
1. 辩护, 抗辩[(+for/against)]
I heard him plead in court only once.
我只有一次听到他在法庭上作辩护。
2. 恳求[(+with/for)]
The boy pleaded for mercy.
那男孩恳求宽恕。
短语词组：
plead for
1. 请求
She pleaded for help.
她请求帮助。