1、請求,懇求;
She made an impassioned plea for help. 她懇切地求助.
a plea to industries to stop pollution,請求實業(yè)界停止污染。
聲淚俱下的懇求就是tearful plea
2、來自被告的抗辯答辯,
辯護: a plea of guilty/not guilty表示 承認或者不承認有罪 to enter a guilty plea 意為正式表示認罪
3、 (向法庭提供的)理由,借口,辯解
他被指控犯了謀殺罪但以精神錯亂為由逃過懲罰, He was accused with murder,but got off on aplea of insanity