special pleading

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Some of the complaints of London’s financiers are special pleading.
一些來自倫敦金融家的抱怨是格外懇求的。
Sir John insists that this is not special pleading for his company.
約翰爵士堅持認爲這不是什麼爲自己公司特殊的請求。
The Fed’s arguments against the bill are unlikely to persuade, and will undoubtedly strike the average American as little more than special pleading.
美聯(lián)儲反對法案的理由不太可能說服普通美國人，竝毫無疑問的會讓美國人民認爲這不過是在詭辯。

But even Mr Sarkozy has proved a hard-core national protectionist when it comes to special pleading by French industry.
ECONOMIST: France
Industry special pleading helps square legislators' hostility to online betting with their willingness to allow online state lotteries and online betting on horse racing.
ECONOMIST: Online gambling
Israel's leading liberal newspaper, Haaretz, recently reported that senior officials in Washington are increasingly irritated by Mr Barak's incessant special pleading on Mr Netanyahu's behalf.
ECONOMIST: Israel’s ruling coalition faces more dissent from within

the act of arguing from a particular case in order to get an unfair advantage in a more general situation

a pleading that alleges new facts that offset those put forward by the other side rather than directly admitting or denying those facts