plead
/pliːd/
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US voice -> plead
(v) အသနားခံသည်။ တောင်းပန်သည်။ လျှောက်လဲသည်။ အမှုလိုက်သည်။ ထုချေသည်။ ထောက်ခံပြောဆိုသည်။ ရှေ့နေလိုက်သည်။
(pt, pp pleaded; US pled /pled/)
၁။ (with sb) (for sth) အသနားခံသည်။ plead for mercy ❍ She pleaded with him not to leave her. ❍ The boy pleaded to be allowed to ride on the tractor.
၂။ တောင်းပန်သည်။ He apologized for not coming to the party, pleading pressure of work.
၃။ (law ) (က) လျှောက်လဲသည်။ အမှု လိုက်သည်။ They employed a top lawyer to plead their case. (ခ) ~ for/ against sb ထုချေသည်။
၄။ (law ) ထွက်ဆိုသည်။ လျှောက်လဲသည်။ plead guilty/ not guilty ❍ How do you plead? (ie Said by the judge at the start of the trial). ❍ Counsel for the accused said that he intended to plead insanity (ie that his client was mad and therefore not responsible for his actions).
၅။ ~ (for) sth ထောက်ခံပြောဆိုသည်။ ရှေ့နေလိုက်သည်။ plead the cause of political prisoners ❍ plead for a halt in the trading of wild birds.
❏ pleadingly adv အသနားခံလျက်။ look/ speak pleadingly.
- ‘Please help us, ’ Claire pleaded.
- [plead for] : He knelt in front of the king, pleading for mercy.
- [plead with someone (to do something)] : I pleaded with you to stay, but you turned your back on me.
- [plead guilty/not guilty] : Both defendants pleaded not guilty on all counts.
- [plead poverty/ignorance] : Pleading poverty, he sought charity from local shopkeepers.
- [plead tiredness/illness/a headache] : Ellie pleaded tiredness and went to bed very early.
- He pleaded the case for continued cooperation with the Russians.
- Her book pleaded the cause of women’s education.
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