plead

詞型變化：

副詞:pleadingly 名詞:pleader 動詞過去式:pleaded,pled 過去分詞:pleaded,pled 現在分詞:pleading 第三人稱單數:pleads 形容詞:pleadable

詞意辨析：

plead, appeal, beg, petition, entreat, pray

這些動詞均含“請求，懇求”之意。
plead: 指謙卑而又不失尊嚴地請求，側重迫切感。
appeal: 常指以道義原則為基礎或以法律為依據的請求。
beg: 比plead通俗，不用於法律範疇，指低聲下氣地請求，有時含貶義，指某人喋喋不休地要求得到幫助。
petition: 指正式而熱切地請願或祈求。
entreat: 的意義與beg的大致相同，但較文雅。
pray: 指祈求，多用於宗教用語中。plead

英文解釋：

動詞 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

中英例句：

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.
   他請求他母親答應他去看馬戲。
4. The girl charged with murder was said to be mad and unfit to plead.
   據說那個被指控謀殺的女孩是瘋子，不能為自己申辯。