plea

英 [pli?] 美[pli]

考研CET6TEM8IELTS中低頻詞常用詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?pleas;

plea 請求，懇求，申訴，抗辯，理由，借口

來自盎格魯法語plai,懇求，請求，來自古法語plait,訴訟，決定，法令，來自拉丁語placitum,訴訟，法令，來自placere,撫慰，安撫，使平靜，詞源同please,placate.引申諸相關(guān)詞義。

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."

1. Her plea of guilty to manslaughter through provocation was rejected.: 她因受到挑釁而過失殺人的有罪答辯被駁回。

2. Phillips murdered his wife, but got off on a plea of insanity.: 菲利普斯謀殺了他的妻子，但以精神錯亂為由逃脫了懲罰。

4. The judge questioned him about his guilty plea.: 法官就他的認(rèn)罪答辯進(jìn)行審問。

5. More and more criminals will agree to plea-bargain.: 越來越多的罪犯會同意接受認(rèn)罪辯訴協(xié)議。