petitioned

英 [pəˈtɪʃnd]

美 [pəˈtɪʃnd]

v.  祈求; 请求; 请愿; (向法庭)请求，申请
petition的过去分词和过去式

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

• The mayors of two towns petitioned the President to stop sending their sons to Vietnam.
  两个城镇的市长向总统请愿，要求停止把他们的青年派往越南。
• In every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: our repeated petition have been answered only by repeated injury.
  在遭受这些压迫的每一阶段，我们都曾以最谦卑的言辞吁请予以纠正。而我们一次又一次的情愿，却只是被报以一次又一次的伤害。
• The mother petitioned a local court to annul the marriage, but was denied on the technical ground that she is not the "legal guardian" of the child.
  为了取消这场婚姻，女孩的母亲到当地法庭申诉，却遭到了法庭所谓不是女孩“法定监护人”法律原因驳回。
• Ms Westwood was approached to design the gowns in2007 after the College successfully petitioned the Privy Council for degree-awarding powers in its own right.
  维斯特伍德在2007年被请求设计学院袍服，因为伦敦国王学院在该年成功获得枢密院的许可，有权自行颁发学位。
• They petitioned the government to reconsider its decision.
  他们请求政府重新考虑其决定。
• We petitioned His Majesty for sanction.
  我们向陛下请求批准。
• Environmental groups that petitioned to protect polar bears, arguing that warming threatened their habitat, said they would go court to ensure a timely decision.
  呼吁保护北极熊的环保组织争辩说，气候变暖威胁了它们的生境，他们要到法院去，要求确保得到一个及时的保护决定。
• Several organizations petitioned the government for the release of the political prisoners.
  好几个组织上书政府，请求释放政治犯。
• They petitioned the mayor to take immediate measures.
  他们陈情市长立即采取措施。
• Tin SOE once petitioned for the end of military rule and the release of all political prisoners.
  廷素曾经请愿要求结束军事管制及释放所有的政治犯。