Plea

(noun.) an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed.

(noun.) (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer).

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• He had even yielded to her wish for a long engagement, since she had found the one disarming answer to his plea for haste. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Without waiting to note the outcome of his plea, he turned and bounded toward me. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• No; I pleaded off, and he admitted my plea. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I say nothing of his plea for claiming my confidence. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Innocent as it looks at first sight this plea by Woodrow Wilson is weighted with the tradition of a century and a half. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• On the plea of the man being Cyril Hall's friend and Robert Moore's brother, we'll just tolerate his existence; won't we, Cary? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• No doubt a sense of this dilemma is partly responsible for Wilson's earnest plea that the question of liquor be left out of the campaign. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• A Plea in the Marshalsea Haggard anxiety and remorse are bad companions to be barred up with. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Venn declined, on the plea of it being too early, and stated that his business was with Miss Vye. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• She had excused herself from the walk on the plea of a headache: the horrid headache which, in the morning, had prevented her venturing to church. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• He knew my society to be--hum--sought, and his plea might be that he regarded me in the light of a public character. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• His urgent plea that the liquor question be kept a local issue may be wise. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Mr. Pumblechook and Mr. Hubble declined, on the plea of a pipe and ladies' society; but Mr. Wopsle said he would go, if Joe would. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Circumstances over which had no control,' was the miserable creature's plea in extenuation. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• My plea of concealing the truth she did not think sufficient. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• But no pleas, or threats, or promises of reward could move him. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• I proposed to borrow of Mr Rugg (or of Miss Rugg; it's the same thing; she made a little money by a speculation in the Common Pleas once). 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.

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