petitions

英 [pəˈtɪʃnz]

美 [pəˈtɪʃnz]

n.  请愿书; 申诉书; 申请书; 祈祷; 祈求
v.  祈求; 请求; 请愿; (向法庭)请求，申请
petition的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 请愿书
  Apetitionis a document signed by a lot of people which asks a government or other official group to do a particular thing.
  1. 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。
• N-COUNT 上诉；（对法庭的）请求
  Apetitionis a formal request made to a court of law for some legal action to be taken.
  1. His lawyers filed a petition for all charges to be dropped...
     他的律师提请撤销所有指控。
  2. The court rejected their petition.
     法庭驳回了他们的上诉。
• VERB 祈求；请求；请愿
  If youpetitionsomeone in authority, you make a formal request to them.
  1. ...couples petitioning for divorce...
     申请离婚的夫妇
  2. All the attempts to petition the Congress had failed...
     所有向国会请愿的努力均告失败。
  3. 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。
  4. She's petitioning to regain custody of the child.
     她请求重获孩子的监护权。

双语例句

• Next in the chart is the advertisement which drew the most individual complaints, not including petitions.
  排行第二的广告是不包括请愿书在内、个人投诉最多的广告。
• It did not pass unremarked that three-quarters of the petitions were instituted by women.
  3/4的请愿都是由女性发起的，这一点引起了大家的关注。
• Our petitions have been slighted.
  我们的请愿白费唇舌。
• The petitions upon which the investigations have been initiated may be the single most important documents in China-U.
  这份调查申请可能是中美贸易关系史上自签订《中国入世协定》以来最重要的文件。
• ( 13) To handle petitions and complaints.
  （十三）处理请愿，申诉事项。
• That ye be not seduced to offer your petitions to strange gods, as saints, stocks and stones.
  你不要被诱惑将奇异的神作为圣人和偶像来祈求。
• Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury.
  然而，我们屡次的吁请，结果所得到的答复却只是屡次的侮辱。
• The entrance to the Sol metro station was plastered with handwritten demands, proposals and petitions.
  太阳门地铁站的入口处贴满了手写的要求、建议和请愿。
• Your school will probably have an office that reviews transfer credit petitions on a weekly basis.
  你的学校应该有一个办公室负责每周的学分兑换申请。
• Our petitions have been slighted. I'm not going to waste any more words on the subject.
  我们的请愿白费唇舌。在这个问题上我不想多费唇舌了。