plead(REQUEST)

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to beg for something or beg someone to do something
begHe begged her to stay, but she wouldn't listen.
imploreI implore you to change your mind.
plead withHe pleaded with the guards to be allowed to see his daughter.
appeal toI appeal to the public to remain calm.
entreatThe banners entreated the government to release the prisoners.
adjureThe gospel adjures us to love one another.

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to ask for something
ask forI asked the waiter for another glass.
requestThe department has requested permission to spend money on new equipment.
apply forWe applied for planning permission to build an extension.
demandPeople are demanding the right to return to their homes.
appeal forThe prime minister appealed for calm.
call forA group of religious leaders are calling for an end to racism and injustice in the city.
Police are appealing for witnesses to the accident to come forward.警方呼吁那场事故的目击者站出来。
After a night of violence, police are appealing for calm.
The parents of the missing girl appeared on television appealing for witnesses.
Charity workers are appealing for cash to help provide relief for the disaster victims.
Both sets of parents appealed to the kidnappers to release their son and daughter.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Making appeals & requests
adjuration
appellate
apply for something
apply to
ask a lot
besiege
car wash
cry
demand
entreat
entreaty
imploringly
importunately
importunity
invite
invocation
leech
push
scrounge
ticket

appealverb (LEGAL)

[ I ]
to request a higher court of law to consider again a decision made by a lower court, especially in order to reduce or prevent a punishment: （尤指为寻求减轻处罚而向更高一级法院提出）上诉
The teenager has been given leave (= allowed) by the High Court to appeal against her two-year sentence.该少女被判刑两年，高级法院允许她如不服判决可提起上诉。
They're appealing to the court to reduce the sentence to a fine.他们正向法院提起上诉，要求将判刑改为罚款。
[ I ]
to formally request that a legal or official decision be changed: （尤指为了改变法律或官方裁决而）诉请裁决，提出异议，申诉
The parents appealed against the school's decision not to admit the child.这个孩子的父母对学校拒收孩子的决定提出申诉。
The players appealed to the referee for a free kick.运动员请求裁判判罚任意球。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Court cases, orders & decisions
actionable
actionably
administer
admissibility
admissible
extinguishment
extrajudicial
extrajudicially
fatal accident inquiry
federal case
pettifoggery
pettifogging
plea bargain
plea bargaining
pleading
the Webster ruling
waiver
walk
walk freeidiom
wardship

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Making appeals & requests

appealverb (ATTRACT)

B2[ Inot continuous ]
to interest or attract someone: 对…有吸引力;对…有感染力;引起兴趣
It's a programme designed to appeal mainly to 16 to 25-year-olds.这个节目的目标观众主要是16到25岁的年轻人。
I think what appeals to me about his painting is his use of colour.我想，他的画感染我的地方在于他对色彩的运用。
UKI haven't been skiing - it's never really appealed.我从来没有滑过雪——我对它从不感兴趣。

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to draw your attention and interest you
attractWe were attracted to the high street, with its variety of shops and cafés.
drawThe game drew a crowd of 30,000.
enticeThe smell of coffee enticed people to enter the shop.
lureI was lured into the store by the smell of fresh bread.
temptI was tempted by the offer of a free phone.
seduceI wouldn't normally have bought this but I was seduced by the low price.
To win the election he needs to appeal to the typical man in the street.他要在选举中获胜就需要迎合普通百姓。
The party has watered down its socialist ideals in order to appeal to the centre ground.
Her latest book should appeal to a large audience.
It was one of the first avant-garde works to appeal to a wide audience.这是受到观众广泛好评的首批先锋派作品之一。
This policy may appeal to the party faithful, but will it gain the support of uncommitted voters?这一政策或许能吸引那些忠诚的党员，但它能获得中立选民的支持吗？

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Attracting and tempting
affinity
allure
alluringly
arrest
attract
charisma
charm offensive
charm the pants off someoneidiom
chum
clickbait
glamour
honey trap
incentive
jump out at someone
lure
tantalizing
tantalizingly
tempt
temptation
temptingly

appeal | American Dictionary

appeal
verb
us/əˈpil/

appealverb (ATTRACT)

[ I ]
to be interesting or attractive:
Such music managed to appeal to the tastes of both young and old.

appealverb (ARGUE)

[ I/T ]
to request formally that a decision, esp. a legal or official one, be changed:
[ T ]The verdict was appealed to a higher court.

appealverb (REQUEST)

[ I ]
to make a serious or formal request for help, esp. in an emergency:
Blood supplies are running low, and the Red Cross is appealing for blood donations.
appeal
noun
us/əˈpil/

appealnoun (ATTRACTIVENESS)

[ U ]
the quality of being interesting or attractive:
Eating out has lost much of its appeal.

appealnoun (LEGAL ARGUMENT)

[ C ]
a formal request that a decision, esp. a legal or official one, be changed:
[ U ]The decision was reversed on appeal.

appealnoun (REQUEST)

[ C ]
a serious or formal request for help, esp. in a public emergency:
Many charities issued an appeal for contributions to help victims of the earthquake.

appeal | Business English

appeal
noun
uk /əˈpiːl/us
[ C or U ] LAW
a request to a law court or other official organization to change a previous decision:
lodge/launch/make an appealHe has 28 days to lodge an appeal in the High Court.
an appeal against sthHer appeal against the dismissal was rejected.
We feel we have plenty of grounds for appeal.
an employment/income tax appeal
an appeal hearing/tribunal
the appeals procedure/process
[ C ]
a request for something, especially money, information, or help:
launch/make an appealThe Red Cross launched an appeal after a huge earthquake hit Haiti.
an appeal for sthThe Society made an appeal for funds to purchase the building and grounds.
The development and modernization work is being funded from a successful capital appeal launched last year.
[ U ] MARKETING
a quality that makes people like something or want to buy it:
A well-chosen set of photographs gives the book added appeal.
market/customer appealThe products have all been researched and tested for market appeal.
have wide/broad/universal appeal
appeal
verb
uk /əˈpiːl/us
[ I or T ] LAW
to ask a higher law court to consider again a decision made by a lower court, especially in order to reduce or prevent a punishment:
appeal to sthThey're appealing to the High Court to reduce the fine.
appeal against sthThe trust appealed against the injunction, but a High Court has yet to rule.
appeal a decision/ruling/verdict
[ I ]
to formally ask for an official decision to be changed:
appeal to sthAny woman who believes she is the subject of discrimination over pension rights can appeal to an industrial tribunal.
appeal against sthA group of radio stations is to appeal against the decision to charge huge royalties for internet radio.
Our formal complaints system sets out clearly how to make complaints and how you can appeal decisions.
[ I ]
to ask the public for something such as money, information, or help:
appeal for sthHow could we appeal for more resources?
appeal to sb for sthWe are appealing to the public for information.
appeal for/to sb to do sthDetectives are appealing for witnesses to come forward.
[ I ]
to interest or attract someone:
Our partner company has local knowledge and will know which products appeal.
appeal to sbThe new phone is designed to appeal to consumers who find normal phone tariffs confusing.

Examples of appeal

appeal
The philosophical concept of dependent moral status thus makes a crucial appeal to the ethical principle of beneficence.
The main appeal of the correspondence to the modern reader is that it tells the story so well.
But this raises precisely the question of what such appeals to nature are supposed to achieve.
In conclusion, symbolic appeals in bioethics are natural byproducts of our human makeup.
Symbolic appeals, like the applications of rules, ought to be sensitive to special circumstances.
We will argue that the appeal to symbolic value is both redundant and misleading.
The book ends with an appeal to combine social structural and humanistic perspectives in gerontology.
We can point to many examples of styles in the sciences and elsewhere that are too widespread to appeal only to local explanations.
The democratic appeal of this condition is obvious.
Unlike their earlier appeals to science, though, this time around actuaries made a conscious effort to practice what the scientists seemed to be preaching.
A different kind of appeal to conceptual truth is possible.
Although this is a possible solution for a hand prosthesis, it has limited appeal as it would entail the user carrying many different specialist devices.
These are prints that appeal to oral culture.
This way of looking at the prehistoric world appealed to me, particularly with its emphasis on long-term change.
While mathematically appealing, the uniqueness of solutions in this approach is still an open question.
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Collocations withappeal

appeal

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administrative appeal
This must be an administrative appeal, with the result that second-class justice will be done.
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