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Petition N Count Signed Government Formal Request Court 英[Pəˈtɪʃn

单词 petition
音标
英[pəˈtɪʃn] 美[pəˈtɪʃən]
解释
n.请愿书,;请愿,请求;上诉状;vi.祈求,请求;请愿;vt.(向法庭)申诉;
例句

N-COUNT
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.
例: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
A petition is a formal request made to a court of law for some legal action to be taken.
例:His lawyers filed a petition for all charges to be dropped...他的律师提请撤销所有指控。
例:The court rejected their petition.法庭驳回了他们的上诉。

VERB
祈求;请求;请愿
If you petition someone in authority, you make a formal request to them.
例:...couples petitioning for divorce...申请离婚的夫妇
例:All the attempts to petition the Congress had failed...所有向国会请愿的努力均告失败。
变形
third:petitions~done:petitioned~pl:petitions~ing:petitioning~past:petitioned~

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