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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4363 COCA: 4894

plea
plea /ˈpliː/ noun
plural pleas
plea
/ˈpliː/
noun
plural pleas
Learner's definition of PLEA
[count]
1 
: a serious and emotional request for something请求；恳求
— often + for
2 
law
a  : a statement in which a person who has been accused of a crime says in court that he or she is guilty or not guilty of the crime（法庭上被告方的）抗辩，申辩
b  : a statement in which a person says that he or she is guilty of a particular crime : a plea of guilty有罪陈述
c  : a reason or excuse for committing a crime（犯罪的）理由，借口

cop a plea

— see 2cop
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4363 COCA: 4894

plea

noun

ˈplē How to pronounce plea (audio)
1
: a legal suit or action
2
: an allegation made by a party in support of a cause: such as
a
: an allegation of fact compare demurrer entry 1
b(1)
: a defendant's answer to a plaintiff's declaration in common-law practice
(2)
: an accused person's answer to a charge or indictment in criminal practice
c
: a plea of guilty to an indictment
3
: something offered by way of excuse or justification
left early with the plea of a headache
4
: an earnest entreaty : appeal
their plea for understanding must be answered

Synonyms

Choose the Right Synonym for plea

apology, apologia, excuse, plea, pretext, alibi mean matter offered in explanation or defense.

apology usually applies to an expression of regret for a mistake or wrong with implied admission of guilt or fault and with or without reference to mitigating or extenuating circumstances.

said by way of apology that he would have met them if he could

apologia implies not admission of guilt or regret but a desire to make clear the grounds for some course, belief, or position.

his speech was an apologia for his foreign policy

excuse implies an intent to avoid or remove blame or censure.

used illness as an excuse for missing the meeting

plea stresses argument or appeal for understanding or sympathy or mercy.

her usual plea that she was nearsighted

pretext suggests subterfuge and the offering of false reasons or motives in excuse or explanation.

used any pretext to get out of work

alibi implies a desire to shift blame or evade punishment and imputes mere plausibility to the explanation.

his alibi failed to stand scrutiny

Example Sentences

We are making a plea to all companies to stop polluting the environment. The defendant entered a plea of not guilty.
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English plaid, plait, ple "contention, dispute, legal conflict, lawsuit," borrowed from Anglo-French plait, pleit, plaid, plé "speech, discussion of affairs, argument, dispute, action at law" (also continental Old French), going back to early Medieval Latin placitum "liking, will, pleasure, opinion, belief, design, decision, agreement, contract, gathering at an agreed time, assembly to decide on matters of state, session of a law court, law court, action at law," going back to Latin, "opinion, belief, (in law) agreed condition," noun derivative from neuter of placitus, past participle of placēre "to be pleasing, find favor, find acceptance, commend itself, be agreed on" — more at please entry 1

Note: The Latin noun placitum is based on impersonal use of the verb placēre, as in sic placitum est "it was so resolved." In medieval bureaucracy placitum was subject to a semantic explosion—J. F. Niermeyer's Mediae Latinitatis lexicon minus, a concise dictionary of Medieval Latin, enters 26 senses for the word, some much more common than others. It was adopted early in Gallo-Romance, and in the later Middle Ages pleit, ple, etc., remained a common word in Anglo-French and Middle English, particularly in the legal realm.

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of plea was in the 13th century

Phrases Containing plea
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4363 COCA: 4894
plea

noun¹

 1request請求ADJECTIVE | VERB + PLEA | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤desperate, strong, urgent迫切的懇求；強烈的請求▸➤emotional, heartfelt, impassioned, passionate情緒激動的／衷心的／慷慨激昂的／熱切的懇求◇She made an emotional plea for her daughter's killer to be caught.她情緒激動地懇求要抓獲殺害她女兒的兇手。➤repeated再三提出的請求➤final最終請求◇a final plea for his life為他的生命的最後請求➤personal私人請求VERB + PLEA➤make提出請求➤issue發出請求▸➤ignore對請求不予理睬PREPOSITION➤despite a/the plea不顧請求◇Despite pleas from his mother, the gunman refused to give himself up.儘管他母親再三懇求，這名持槍歹徒還是拒絕投案自首。➤plea by, plea from⋯提出的請求◇Hospital visiting hours were extended in response to pleas from patients.應病人的請求，醫院延長了探視時間。➤plea for懇求⋯◇The director of the charity made an impassioned plea for help.慈善機構的負責人強烈要求援助。
plea

noun²

 2statement in court法庭陳述ADJECTIVE | VERB + PLEA | PLEA + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤guilty認罪答辯▸➤not guilty不服罪的抗辯➤insanity (NAmE) 精神障礙申訴VERB + PLEA➤enter作抗辯▸➤hear聽取抗辯▸➤change改變抗辯▸➤accept接受辯護◇The prosecution accepted a plea of manslaughter.控方認可了過失殺人的辯護。➤support (especially BrE) 支持抗辯◇These facts cannot support a plea of diminished responsibility.這些事實不支持減輕刑事責任抗辯。➤reject駁回抗辯PLEA + NOUN➤bargain, bargaining (usually plea-bargaining) 控辯交易◇They received suspended prison sentences after plea-bargaining by their lawyers.他們的律師達成控辯交易後，他們收到了緩刑的判決。➤agreement (NAmE) 控辯協議◇The terms of the plea agreements weren't disclosed.控辯協議的條款沒有披露。PREPOSITION➤plea for為⋯提出的申訴◇A senior judge heard a plea for damages on behalf of the accident victims.高級法官審理了為事故受害者提起的索要賠償金的申訴。➤plea of⋯的申訴◇Her lawyer entered a plea of guilty on her behalf.律師代表她承認控罪。PHRASES➤➤cop a plea (= admit in court to being guilty of a small crime in the hope of receiving less severe punishment for a more serious crime) (NAmE, informal) 承認有罪以求輕判◇The feds said that if I didn't cop a plea, I'd get about 15 years.聯邦官員說，如果我不認罪，可能會被判大約 15 年徒刑。

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