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[英] [piˈtiʃən] [美] [pəˈtɪʃən] 生词本

n.

vi.

vt.

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1. N-COUNT 请愿书 A petition is a document signed by a lot of people which asks a government or other official group to do a particular thing. 

  • We recently presented the government with a petition signed by 4,500 people.

    最近我们向政府递交了有4,500人签名的请愿书。

2. N-COUNT 上诉；（对法庭的）请求 A petition is a formal request made to a court of law for some legal action to be taken. 

  • His lawyers filed a petition for all charges to be dropped...

    他的律师提请撤销所有指控。

  • The court rejected their petition.

    法庭驳回了他们的上诉。

3. VERB 祈求；请求；请愿 If you petition someone in authority, you make a formal request to them. 

  • ...couples petitioning for divorce...

    申请离婚的夫妇

  • All the attempts to petition the Congress had failed...

    所有向国会请愿的努力均告失败。

  • Twenty-five of his supporters petitioned him to restore the monarchy...

    他的拥护者中有25个人请求他复辟。

Noun

1. a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority

2. reverent petition to a deity

Verb

1. write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing

法律

  • 1.请愿
  • 2.请愿书
  • 3.申请
1. Everyone signed the petition to the County Council for a new school in our village.
大家在致县委会的请愿书上签了名，要求在我们村里办一所新学校。

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. The number of signers of the petition for a new school snowballed.
要求增设新学校而签名的人像滚雪球似的越来越多。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3. The townspeople sent a petition to the government asking for electric light for the town.
市民向政府递交请愿书，要求为该市安装电灯。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4. They addressed a petition to the legislature.
他们向立法机构提交了请愿书。

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. Thousands of citizens subscribed the petition.
几千名公民在请愿书上签名。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》