plead, appeal, beg, petition, entreat, pray

動(dòng)詞 plead:

1. appeal or request earnestly
2. offer as an excuse or plea
3. enter a plea, as in courts of law
4. make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts

1. 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(jì)於事。
2. She pleaded that she felt very tired.
   她推說她覺得很疲勞。
3. He pleaded with his mother to allow him to go to the circus.
   他請(qǐng)求他母親答應(yīng)他去看馬戲。
4. The girl charged with murder was said to be mad and unfit to plead.
   據(jù)說那個(gè)被指控謀殺的女孩是瘋子，不能為自己申辯。

plead

v.（動(dòng)詞）
plead.ed 或 pled [plμd] plead.ing,pleads
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To appeal earnestly; beg:
懇求：誠(chéng)懇地請(qǐng)求；乞求：
例句：
plead for more time.
懇求更多的時(shí)間

To offer reasons for or against something; argue earnestly:
辯論，反駁：提出理由以支持或反對(duì)某事；認(rèn)真地爭(zhēng)辯：
例句：
plead against a bill.
反駁議案

To provide an argument or appeal:
辯護(hù)：提出理由或呼吁：
例句：
Your youth and simplicity plead for you in this instance.
在這種情況下你的年輕和單純成為有力的辯護(hù)

Law
【法律】
To put forward a plea of a specific nature in court:
答辯，申辯：在法庭中提出特定的答辯：
例句：
plead guilty.
承認(rèn)罪行

To make or answer an allegation in a legal proceeding.
抗辯，答辯：在法律程序中作出或進(jìn)行辯解
To address a court as a lawyer or an advocate.
辯護(hù)：作為一名律師或辯護(hù)者在法庭上發(fā)言
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To assert as defense, vindication, or excuse; claim as a plea:
以…為辯解，以…為理由：作為辯護(hù)、答辯或理由提出；作為答辯聲明：
例句：
plead illness.
以生病作為理由

Law
【法律】
To present as an answer to a charge, an indictment, or a declaration made against one.
以…為答辯：作為對(duì)某人做出的指控、起訴或宣判的答辯提出
To argue or present (a case) in a court or similar tribunal.
為…辯護(hù)：在法庭或類似的法庭中辯論或控告（案件）

來源：
Middle English pleden, plaiden
中古英語 pleden, plaiden
from Old French plaidier
源自 古法語 plaidier
from Medieval Latin placit3re [to appeal to the law]
源自 中世紀(jì)拉丁語 placit3re [訴諸于法律]
from Late Latin placitum [decree, opinion] * see plea
源自 后期拉丁語 placitum [法令，觀點(diǎn)] *參見 plea

【引伸】
plead.able
adj.（形容詞）
plead.er
n.（名詞）
plead.ingly
adv.（副詞）
In strict legal usage,one is said toplead guilty or plead not guilty but not to plead innocent. In nonlegal contexts, however,plead innocent is well established.
在嚴(yán)格的法律用語中，可以說一個(gè)人 plead guilty 或 plead not guilty， 但不能用 plead innocent。 然而在非法律文章中 plead innocent 卻得到廣泛確認(rèn)