petition
英 [pəˈtɪʃən]
[NOUN, VERB]
petitions
1. [C 可数名词] 请愿书
A petition is a document signed by a lot of people that asks a government or other official group to do a particular thing.
双语例句
例：People feel so strongly that we recently presented the government with a petition signed by 4,500 people.
人们的感受如此强烈，以至于我们最近向政府提交了一份有4500人签名的请愿书。
2. [C 可数名词] 诉状 , （向法院提出的）申请
A petition is a formal request made to a court of law for some legal action to be taken.
双语例句
例：His lawyers filed a petition for all charges to be dropped.
他的律师们提出申请要求撤销所有指控。
NOUN. 名词
petitions , petitioning , petitioned
1. [I 不及物动词] 正式请求
If you petition someone in authority, you make a formal request to them.
双语例句
例：couples petitioning for divorce.
申请离婚的几对夫妇。
例：All the attempts to petition Congress had failed.
所有向国会情愿的努力都失败了。
VERB. 动词
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