n. 1.恳求,请求,请愿;祷告。 2.辩解;托词,口实。 3.【法律】抗辩,答辩。 短语和例子 cop a plea 避重就轻地主动认罪。 make a plea for 主张;请求。 on [under] the plea of [that] 借口…。 The Court of Common Pleas 1. (英国的)高等民事法庭。 2. (美国某些州的)中级民事[刑事]法庭。
an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed
(law) a defendant''s answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)
a humble request for help from someone in authority 同义词:supplication,
In legal terms, a plea is simply an answer to a claim made by someone in a civil or criminal case under common law using the adversary system. Colloquially, a plea has come to mean the assertion by a criminal defendant at arraignment, or otherwise in response to a criminal charge, whether that person pleaded Guilty, Not Guilty, No Contest or Alford plea.
例句与用法
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All that makes up a plea in mitigation . 所有这些都是审判会上的辩护词。
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Simurgh would not listen to his plea . 西默夫不愿听他的央求。
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Your plea of old age is only a pretence . 您借口说您年纪老了,这不过是托辞。
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It was a brief and simple plea . 这是一种简短而单纯的抗议。
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There was no trial, just plea bargains . 这根本不是什么审判,完全是诉讼交易。
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These was the tensity of fierceness in the man's plea . 这个家伙的哀求坚执而又猛烈。
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My client's plea is still the same-not guilty . 我的当事人的抗辩仍未改变--他是无罪的。
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No plea can be set up on the ground of ignorance ... 以无知为理由而提出的抗辩是不能成立的。
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He refused to contribute , on the plea that he could n't afford it . 他借口无能为力拒不捐献。
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The nymph continued her flight with his plea half uttered . 他的恳求还没有说完,少女已经跑远了。