英文词源
- plea (n.)
- early 13c., "lawsuit," from Anglo-French plai (late 12c.), Old French plait "lawsuit, decision, decree" (9c.), from Medieval Latin placitum "lawsuit," in classical Latin, "opinion, decree," literally "that which pleases, thing which is agreed upon," properly neuter past participle of placere (see please). Sense development seems to be from "something pleasant," to "something that pleases both sides," to "something that has been decided." Meaning "a pleading, an agreement in a suit" is attested from late 14c. Plea-bargaining is first attested 1963. Common pleas (early 13c.) originally were legal proceedings over which the Crown did not claim exclusive jurisdiction (as distinct from pleas of the Crown); later "actions brought by one subject against another."
中文词源
plea：请求，恳求，申诉，抗辩，理由，借口
来自盎格鲁法语plai,恳求，请求，来自古法语plait,诉讼，决定，法令，来自拉丁语placitum,诉讼，法令，来自placere,抚慰，安抚，使平静，词源同please,placate.引申诸相关词义。
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