plea

Bitte, Appell, Flehen

Eine eindringliche, gefühlvolle Bitte um Hilfe oder darum, dass jemand etwas tut.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

So benutzt man es: 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.)

Synonyme: appeal, entreaty

Häufige Wendungen: plea for help, desperate plea, emotional plea

Entschuldigung, Ausrede

Ein Grund, den jemand nennt, um sein Handeln oder Unterlassen zu erklären oder zu entschuldigen.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

So benutzt man es: on the plea of something (He missed the meeting on the plea of illness.)

Synonyme: excuse, justification

Häufige Wendungen: plea of ignorance, plea of illness, on the plea