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

• Our petitions have been slighted. I'm not going to waste any more words on the subject.
  我们的请愿白费唇舌。在这个问题上我不想多费唇舌了。
• The entrance to the Sol metro station was plastered with handwritten demands, proposals and petitions.
  太阳门地铁站的入口处贴满了手写的要求、建议和请愿。
• Parliament foolishly rejected the American petitions.
  英国国会则不智地驳回了美国人的请愿。
• A people's procuratorate or a people's court shall without delay handle the petitions filed by prisoners.
  对于罪犯的申诉，人民检察院或者人民法院应当及时处理。
• 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。
• It did not pass unremarked that three-quarters of the petitions were instituted by women.
  3/4的请愿都是由女性发起的，这一点引起了大家的关注。
• Our petitions have been slighted. She was white to the lips.
  我们的请愿白费唇舌。小福子连嘴唇全白了。
• Companies often request special treatment for a limited number of suppliers as part of bankruptcy petitions.
  作为破产申请的一部分，公司往往请求对一些供应商给予特殊对待。
• The petitions upon which the investigations have been initiated may be the single most important documents in China-U.
  这份调查申请可能是中美贸易关系史上自签订《中国入世协定》以来最重要的文件。
• The NVC processes all approved immigrant visa petitions that require consular action.
  国务院签证中心（NVC）处理所有需要领事馆办理的已被批准的移民申请。