pleas
n.
借口( plea的名词复数 );
（被告或被告律师的）抗辩;
（法庭中的）理由;
请愿;
例句:
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Mr Dunn's pleas of poverty are only partly justified.
邓恩先生贫穷的托词只是部分成立。
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The provincial assembly were deaf to all pleas for financial help.
省议会对所有的经济救助请求都充耳不闻。
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His impassioned pleas went unheard.
他充满激情的请求未被理睬。
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Teary, mid-paced pleas for a lover's forgiveness.
来自BBC
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From his Lip Not Words alone pleas'd her.
来自Milton
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The bold design Pleas'd highly those infernal States.
来自Milton