plea

supplica, appello

Richiesta intensa e piena di emozione per ottenere aiuto o convincere qualcuno a fare qualcosa.

In inglese semplice: A strong, emotional request for help or for someone to do something.

• Nobody heard his plea for help.
• She ignored their pleas to stay.
• The mayor made an urgent plea for calm.

Come si usa: a plea for something (The family made a plea for information.); a plea to someone to do something (She made a plea to the council to save the park.)

Sinonimi: appeal, entreaty

Espressioni comuni: plea for help, desperate plea, emotional plea

scusa, giustificazione

Motivo che una persona dà per spiegare o giustificare ciò che ha fatto o non ha fatto.

In inglese semplice: A reason someone gives to explain or excuse what they did or failed to do.

• Her plea of ignorance was rejected.
• He avoided the journey on the plea of poor health.
• They accepted illness as a plea for his absence.

Come si usa: on the plea of something (He missed the meeting on the plea of illness.)

Sinonimi: excuse, justification

Espressioni comuni: plea of ignorance, plea of illness, on the plea