I was forced to plead for my child's life.

我被迫苦苦哀求给我的孩子一条生路。

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He was asked to plead for the accused.

他被要求为被告辩护。

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He went to the Congress to plead for more aid to Britain.

他前往国会，要求向英国提供更多的援助。

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As negotiations for their release dragged on, Lindhout says she was routinely beaten and forced to call her mother by phone to plead for payment.

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

Not Milton himself would cry up liberty to poor female slaves or plead for the lawfulness or resisting a private tyranny.

即便米尔顿本人也不愿为那些女奴的自由所呼号,辩解，或是反对这种私底下的暴行“

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"I don't think anyone disputes that. Hasn't he been offering and begging to plead guilty in his military commissions trial for a long time?

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

Parvina Banu, 64, has traveled from Jammu to Srinagar to plead for a job.

CNN: BRAVE AS A LION

Beasley, who did not take the stand to plead for mercy, hung his head, local media reported.

BBC: Jury: Death for 'Craigslist killer' Richard Beasley

Others used the opportunity to plead for information about the shooting and to deplore such senseless violence.

WSJ: 'It Doesn't Stop, It Just Doesn't Stop'