plea

英 [pliː] 美 [pli]

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※ 提供单词"plea"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

plea 请求，恳求，申诉，抗辩，理由，借口

来自盎格鲁法语plai,恳求，请求，来自古法语plait,诉讼，决定，法令，来自拉丁语placitum,诉讼，法令，来自placere,抚慰，安抚，使平静，词源同please,placate.引申诸相关词义。

plea (n.): early 13c., "lawsuit," from Anglo-French plai (late 12c.), Old French plait "lawsuit, decision, decree" (9c.), from Medieval Latin placitum "lawsuit," in classical Latin, "opinion, decree," literally "that which pleases, thing which is agreed upon," properly neuter past participle of placere (see please). Sense development seems to be from "something pleasant," to "something that pleases both sides," to "something that has been decided." Meaning "a pleading, an agreement in a suit" is attested from late 14c. Plea-bargaining is first attested 1963. Common pleas (early 13c.) originally were legal proceedings over which the Crown did not claim exclusive jurisdiction (as distinct from pleas of the Crown); later "actions brought by one subject against another."

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1. Her plea of guilty to manslaughter through provocation was rejected.: 她因受到挑衅而过失杀人的有罪答辩被驳回。

2. Phillips murdered his wife, but got off on a plea of insanity.: 菲利普斯谋杀了他的妻子，但以精神错乱为由逃脱了惩罚。