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petition n.请愿；请愿书 petition (n.) early 14c., "a supplication or prayer, especially to a deity," from Old French peticion "request, petition" (12c., Modern French pétition) and directly from Latin petitionem (nominative petitio) "a blow, thrust, attack, aim; a seeking, searching," in law "a claim, suit," noun of action from past participle stem of petere "to make for, go to; attack, assail; seek, strive after; ask for, beg, beseech, request; fetch; derive; demand, require," from PIE root *pet-, also *pete- "to rush; to fly" (cognates: Sanskrit pattram "wing, feather, leaf," patara- "flying, fleeting;" Hittite pittar "wing;" Greek piptein "to fall," potamos "rushing water," pteryx "wing;" Old English feðer "feather;" Latin penna "feather, wing;" Old Church Slavonic pero "feather;" Old Welsh eterin "bird"). Meaning "formal written request to a superior (earthly)" is attested from early 15c.petition (v.) c.1600, from petition (n.). Related: Petitioned; petitioning. 【记】compete 竞争由 com + pete 一起寻求；音：迫提申，紧迫地提出申请(要求某事)

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[pi'tiʃən] 【英】 n. 请愿(entreaty; appeal)【记】 pet(寻求)＋ition→ 寻求(帮助)→请愿【例】 The workers signed a petition demanding better working conditions. 无

单词	petition
音标	[pi'tiʃən]
解释	n.请愿；请愿书
红宝书	【英】 n. 请愿(entreaty; appeal) 【记】 pet(寻求)＋ition→ 寻求(帮助)→请愿【例】 The workers signed a petition demanding better working conditions.
字源	petition (n.) early 14c., "a supplication or prayer, especially to a deity," from Old French peticion "request, petition" (12c., Modern French pétition) and directly from Latin petitionem (nominative petitio) "a blow, thrust, attack, aim; a seeking, searching," in law "a claim, suit," noun of action from past participle stem of petere "to make for, go to; attack, assail; seek, strive after; ask for, beg, beseech, request; fetch; derive; demand, require," from PIE root pet-, also pete- "to rush; to fly" (cognates: Sanskrit pattram "wing, feather, leaf," patara- "flying, fleeting;" Hittite pittar "wing;" Greek piptein "to fall," potamos "rushing water," pteryx "wing;" Old English feðer "feather;" Latin penna "feather, wing;" Old Church Slavonic pero "feather;" Old Welsh eterin "bird"). Meaning "formal written request to a superior (earthly)" is attested from early 15c. petition (v.) c.1600, from petition (n.). Related: Petitioned; petitioning.
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趣味全助记	【记】compete 竞争由 com + pete 一起寻求；音：迫提申，紧迫地提出申请(要求某事)

Petition Early French Latin Attack Wing Feather Pi'tiʃən