special pleading

noun

1. （只谈有利于自己观点的论据的）诡辩
   trying to persuade sb about sth by mentioning only the arguments that support your opinion and ignoring the arguments that do not support it

1. N-UNCOUNT (只提有利于自己的事实的)诡辩法
   If someone is using special pleading, they are trying to persuade you to do something by only telling you the facts that support their case.
   1. The Secretary of State has given in to special pleading.
      国务卿已被那些诡辩之词给说服了。

1. The Secretary of State has given in to special pleading.
   国务卿已被那些诡辩之词给说服了。
2. The finding of arguments for a conclusion given in advance is not philosophy, but special pleading.
   给预先下的结论去找论据，不是哲学，而是一种诡辩。
3. Doing them will be politically even harder if Beijing appears to be bowing to US pressure and special pleading.
   如果北京表现出屈从于美国的压力和特别游说，那么做这些事情的政治难度更大。
4. With or without any special pleading, what is crystal clear is that getting banks to make more loans is not something that can be done with regulatory tweaks alone; nor with stern sermons.
   不管有没有诡辩，显而易见的是，仅通过监管调整或死板的说教，是不可能使银行发放更多贷款的。
5. Most of them felt that this was special pleading.
   他们中的多数人认为，这是一种诡辩。
6. It is special pleading to deny that Paul, for example, puts forward this view.
   这是特别恳求否认保禄二世为榜样，提出了这一观点。

noun

1. (law) a pleading that alleges new facts in avoidance of the opposing allegations

2. an argument that ignores all unfavorable evidence