lead
v (pt, pp pleaded; US pled )
1 [Ipr, It] ~ (with sb) (for sth) make repeated urgent requests (to sb) (for sth) 再三懇求或請求(某人)(做某事)
plead for mercy 祈求發慈悲
He pleaded with his parents for a more understanding attitude. 他求父母多加諒解.
She pleaded with him not to leave her alone. 她懇求他不要留下她一個人.
The boy pleaded to be allowed to ride on the tractor. 那男孩請求讓他坐坐拖拉機.
2 [Tn] offer (sth) as an explanation or excuse, esp for failing to do sth or for doing sth wrong 提出(理由或藉口)(尤指因未做某事或做錯某事)
They asked him to pay for the damage but he pleaded poverty. 他們要他付損害賠償金, 但他藉口貧窮而不償還.
He apologized for not coming to the party, pleading pressure of work. 他為不能到會而道歉, 推說是工作太忙.
Pleading ignorance of the law won't help you if you are caught. 假若因犯法被抓住, 藉口不知是犯法亦無濟於事.
3 [Ipr] ~ for/against sb (law 律) (of a lawyer) speak to a lawcourt (on behalf of the plaintiff/defendant)(指律師)(在法庭上為原告[被告])提出申訴、 答辯或辯護.
4 [Tn] (law 律) present (a case) to a court of law 向法庭陳述(案情)
They employed the best lawyer they could get to plead their case. 他們聘請了能請到的最好的律師為他們陳述案情.
5 [Tn] (law 律) put (sth) forward as the basis of a case in a court of law (on behalf of sb) (代表某人)向法庭提出(某事)(作為案件的基礎)
Counsel for the accused said that he intended to plead insanity, ie that his client was insane and therefore not responsible for his actions. 被告的律師說他想提出 案發時被告精神失常這一理由, 為被告不需負法律責任進行辯護.
plead guilty/not guilty, ie declare that one is guilty/not guilty of the crime one has been accused of 承認有罪[不承認有罪].
6 [Ipr, Tn] ~ (for) sth argue in support of sth; support (a cause) by argument 極力主張; 以辯論支持(某事業)
plead the cause of politicalprisoners 聲援政治犯的事業
plead for the modernizationof the city's public transport 力主城市公共交通現代化.