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。
• Send it all& chain letters, jokes, and petitions.
  把他们都发出去吧&不管是连锁信，笑话，还是诉状等。
• Our petitions have been slighted.
  我们的请愿白费唇舌。
• For more information on immigrant petitions, see the "Family" link to the right.
  更多移民申请的信息，请看右面“家属”链接。
• The marriage has broken down and the wife petitions for divorce.
  婚姻已破裂，妻子申请离婚。
• Malaysians had launched online petitions to pressure the paper to apologise, while many politicians also criticised the publication.
  马来西亚人民曾在网络上发起请愿，向《每日新闻报》施加压力让其道歉，很多政治官员也对该报刊登的内容表示批评。
• We will hear petitions this afternoon.
  我们今天下午才接受陈情。
• The issues being litigated in direct appeals and habeas petitions would no longer have to be decided by the California Supreme Court.
  直接上诉和人身保护上诉里提出的诉讼问题将不再由加利福尼亚最高法院解决。
• The door of grace is always open for her petitions, and they never return empty-handed.
  恩典之门总为她的恳求而开，恳求者也永不空手而归。
• Parliament foolishly rejected the American petitions.
  英国国会则不智地驳回了美国人的请愿。