pleading
adjective
uk/ˈpliː.dɪŋ/us/ˈpliː.dɪŋ/showingin anemotionalway that youwantsomethingurgently:
恳求的，请求的Isentpleading e-mails to the ITdepartmentaskingfor a newcomputer.我给IT部门发了几封电子邮件，请求更换一台新电脑。
a pleadingtoneofvoice恳求的语气
See
plead
- He made pleadinggesturesto beletin.
- Ayoungboywith pleadingblueeyeswasbeggingformoney.
- ShewrotepleadingletterstointernationalParalympicofficials.
Making appeals & requests
- appellate
- ask forsomeone
- behest
- call for orderphrase
- call onsomeone
- callsomeonein
- cap
- claim
- demand
- implore
- invite
- pay claim
- petitioner
- propitiation
- push forsomething
- put in forsomething
- put the squeeze onsomeoneidiom
- reapply
- requester
- requisition
pleading
noun
uk/ˈpliː.dɪŋ/us/ˈpliː.dɪŋ/pleadingnoun(ASKING)
[U]
urgent,emotionalstatementsorrequestsfor something:
恳求，请求Suddenly hisangerturnedto pleading.突然间，他的愤怒变成了恳求。
Akindof pleading came into hervoice.她的声音里带上了一丝恳求。
See
plead
- He hadbecamealmostpatheticin his pleading.
- It was as though he hadsensedherunspokenpleading.
- All his pleading was invain. She wasdetermined.
Making appeals & requests
- appellate
- ask forsomeone
- behest
- call for orderphrase
- call onsomeone
- callsomeonein
- cap
- claim
- demand
- implore
- invite
- pay claim
- petitioner
- propitiation
- push forsomething
- put in forsomething
- put the squeeze onsomeoneidiom
- reapply
- requester
- requisition
pleadingnoun(LEGAL STATEMENT)
[Cusually plural]lawspecialized
aformalwrittendocumentstatingthereasonsforbringingalegalactionagainst someone, or thereactionto thosereasonsgiven by thedefence(= theaccusedpersonortheirlawyers):
原告的起诉状，诉状；被告的答辩状，辩状Thecasebeginswhen the pleadings arefiledwith thecourt.诉讼伊始，控辩双方向法庭提交状辞。
Hewroteincourtpleadings that thefederalgovernmentispushingaridiculousinterpretationof thelaw.他在状辞中指出，联邦政府执意对相关法律作出荒谬的解读。
Court cases, orders & decisions
- actionable
- administer
- admissibility
- admissible
- affidavit
- conveyancing
- exhibit
- extinguishment
- extrajudicial
- fatal accident inquiry
- finding
- gagging order
- inquest
- moot
- plead
- precedent
- pretrial
- probate
- provide
- reconvict