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petition

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n.请愿,情愿书,诉状,陈情书 v.请求,恳求,请愿

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名词:petitioner 动词过去式:petitioned 过去分词:petitioned 现在分词:petitioning 第三人称单数:petitions 形容词:petitionary

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pet=to fly(飞翔),to seek(寻求)

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appeal  demand  plea  request  requisition    

petition


/pə'tɪʃn; pə`tɪʃən/
n ~ (to sb)
1 formal written request, esp one signed by many people appealing to sb in authority 请愿书
*a petition against closing the swimming-pool signed by hundreds of local residents 数百名当地居民联合签名反对关闭游泳池的请愿书
* get up a petition about sth 就某事徵集签名请愿.
2 (law 律) formal application made to a court (向法院呈交的)诉状.
3 (fml 文) earnest request, esp to God; prayer 祈求; (尤指向上帝的)祈祷.

v
1 [Dn.pr, Dn.t] ~ sb (for sth) make a formal request to sb (for sth) (为某事)向某人祈求或请愿
*petition the government for a change in the immigration laws 向政府请愿要求修改移民法
* petition Parliament to allow shops to open on Sunday 向国会请愿要求准许商店星期日营业.
2 [Ipr] ~ for sth ask earnestly or humbly for sth 请求或恳求某事
*(law 律) petition for divorce, ie ask a court of law to grant a divorce 请求批准离婚
* petition for a retrial in the light of new evidence 根据新证据请求重审. petitioner/-FEnE(r); -FEnL/ n person who petitions, esp in a court of law 请愿人; (尤指)原告, 上诉人.

petition


A petition is a request to do something, most commonly addressed to a government official or public entity. Petitions to a deity are a form of prayer.
1. A thousand people signed the petition.
    一千人在请愿书上签了名。

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