音标：[pli:d]
vi. 辩护, 恳求
vt. 为...辩护, 提出...借口, 托称, 恳求
【经】 辩护
相关词组:
plead against sb
plead with sb for
plead for sb
在线英汉词典

plead的短语、例句：

lead v (pt, pp pleaded; US pled ) 1 [Ipr, It] ~ (with sb) (for sth) make repeated urgent requests (to sb) (for sth) 再三恳求或请求（某人）（做某事）
plead for mercy 祈求发慈悲
He pleaded with his parents for a more understanding attitude. 他求父母多加谅解.
She pleaded with him not to leave her alone. 她恳求他不要留下她一个人.
The boy pleaded to be allowed to ride on the tractor. 那男孩请求让他坐坐拖拉机. 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错某事）
They asked him to pay for the damage but he pleaded poverty. 他们要他付损害赔偿金, 但他藉口贫穷而不偿还.
He apologized for not coming to the party, pleading pressure of work. 他为不能到会而道歉, 推说是工作太忙.
Pleading ignorance of the law won´t help you if you are caught. 假若因犯法被抓住, 藉口不知是犯法亦无济於事. 3 [Ipr] ~ for/against sb (law 律) (of a lawyer) speak to a lawcourt (on behalf of the plaintiff/defendant)（指律师）（在法庭上为原告[被告]）提出申诉、 答辩或辩护. 4 [Tn] (law 律) present (a case) to a court of law 向法庭陈述（案情）
They employed the best lawyer they could get to plead their case. 他们聘请了能请到的最好的律师为他们陈述案情. 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）（作为案件的基础）
Counsel for the accused said that he intended to plead insanity, ie that his client was insane and therefore not responsible for his actions. 被告的律师说他想提出 案发时被告精神失常这一理由, 为被告不需负法律责任进行辩护.
plead guilty/not guilty, ie declare that one is guilty/not guilty of the crime one has been accused of 承认有罪[不承认有罪]. 6 [Ipr, Tn] ~ (for) sth argue in support of sth; support (a cause) by argument 极力主张; 以辩论支持（某事业）
plead the cause of politicalprisoners 声援政治犯的事业
plead for the modernizationof the city´s public transport 力主城市公共交通现代化.