appeal n.請求，呼吁 v.求助，訴請，要求，控訴
例句：Mark appealed against the five-year sentence he had been given.
馬克對被判五年徒刑提出上訴。
petition n.請愿，請愿書 v.請求.懇求，請愿
例句：Leo signed a petition in support of the workers' demands.
雷歐在請愿書上簽名，支持工人的請求。
beg v.請求，乞求
例句：Jimmy knew he had hurt her and begged her to forgive him.
吉米自知傷了她的心而央求她原諒。
plead vi. 辯護，懇求vt.為……辯護，借口.托稱
例句：Jack pleaded with his mother to allow him to go to the circus.
杰克請求他母親答應他去看馬戲。
plea n.懇求，請求，辯解，借口
例句：Frank did not attend the dinner; his plea was that he was too busyto come.
弗蘭克沒有參加那次宴會，借口是他太忙不能來。