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petition n.请愿,情愿书,诉状,陈情书 v.请求,恳求,请愿 Petition comes from the Anglo-Norman word peticiun, meaning "demand, request," and when you petition someone, you ask them to consider your request. If you write up a statement, say against the town's approval of a new carnival district, and collect signatures from 100 neighbors to turn in to the city government, that's a petition. If you pray to the carnival gods to reign down ruin on the carnival, that's also a petition — and no signatures needed. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]请愿书 A petition is a document signed by a lot of people which asks a government or other official group to do a particular thing.   [usu with supp]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。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]上诉；（对法庭的）请求 A petition is a formal request made to a court of law for some legal action to be taken.   [LEGAL 法律]His lawyers filed a petition for all charges to be dropped...他的律师提请撤销所有指控。The court rejected their petition.法庭驳回了他们的上诉。3[VERB 动词]祈求；请求；请愿 If you petition someone in authority, you make a formal request to them.   [V for n]  [V n]  [V n to-inf]  [V to-inf]  [Also V for n to-inf]  [FORMAL or LEGAL 正式或法律]...couples petitioning for divorce...申请离婚的夫妇All the attempts to petition the Congress had failed...所有向国会请愿的努力均告失败。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。She's petitioning to regain custody of the child.她请求重获孩子的监护权。

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[pi'tiʃ(ə)n] If you're angry about the new rule that you have to wear bright pink shoes to work every day, why not write up a petition, get all your co-workers to sign it, and submit it to your boss. ★★☆☆☆

英语单词	petition
英美音标	[pi'tiʃ(ə)n]
中文释义	n.请愿,情愿书,诉状,陈情书 v.请求,恳求,请愿
vocabulary简明	If you're angry about the new rule that you have to wear bright pink shoes to work every day, why not write up a petition, get all your co-workers to sign it, and submit it to your boss.
vocabulary扩展	Petition comes from the Anglo-Norman word peticiun, meaning "demand, request," and when you petition someone, you ask them to consider your request. If you write up a statement, say against the town's approval of a new carnival district, and collect signatures from 100 neighbors to turn in to the city government, that's a petition. If you pray to the carnival gods to reign down ruin on the carnival, that's also a petition — and no signatures needed.
柯林斯星级	★★☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]请愿书 A petition is a document signed by a lot of people which asks a government or other official group to do a particular thing. [usu with supp] 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。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]上诉；（对法庭的）请求 A petition is a formal request made to a court of law for some legal action to be taken. [LEGAL 法律] His lawyers filed a petition for all charges to be dropped... 他的律师提请撤销所有指控。 The court rejected their petition. 法庭驳回了他们的上诉。 3 [VERB 动词]祈求；请求；请愿 If you petition someone in authority, you make a formal request to them. [V for n] [V n] [V n to-inf] [V to-inf] [Also V for n to-inf] [FORMAL or LEGAL 正式或法律] ...couples petitioning for divorce... 申请离婚的夫妇 All the attempts to petition the Congress had failed... 所有向国会请愿的努力均告失败。 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。 She's petitioning to regain custody of the child. 她请求重获孩子的监护权。

Petition [V To Inf Write Carnival Signatures N Count 可数名词