英 [pəˈtɪʃn] 美 [pəˈtɪʃ(ə)n]
n. 请愿书； 申诉书，申请书；请愿，祈求，祈祷
v. （向政府或组织）请愿，请求；起诉，递交诉状；（向上帝或国王等）祈求，祈愿
复数petitions
第三人称单数petitions
现在分词petitioning
过去式petitioned
过去分词petitioned
petition /pɪˈtɪʃən/ CET6 TEM4 [ petitioning petitioned petitions ]
可数名词 A petition is a document signed by a lot of people that asks a government or other official group to do a particular thing. 请愿书
People feel so strongly that we recently presented the government with a petition signed by 4,500 people.
人们感受如此强烈，以至我们最近向政府提交了一份由4500人签名的请愿书。
可数名词 A petition is a formal request made to a court of law for some legal action to be taken. 诉状; (向法院提出的) 申请
His lawyers filed a petition for all charges to be dropped.
他的律师们提出申请要求撤销所有指控。
及物动词/不及物动词 If you petition someone in authority, you make a formal request to them. 正式请求
...couples petitioning for divorce.
…申请离婚的几对夫妇。
All the attempts to petition Congress had failed.
所有向国会提出请求的努力都已失败了。
a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
同义词： request / postulation
write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing
信访-引用次数：37
The right to petition is a constitutional fundamental right of citizen.
信访权是宪法赋予公民的基本权利。
请愿书-引用次数：4
参考来源清末舆论与官府作为之互动关系
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生活很美好，我常和自己说，却不愿意每天争开眼都是不请愿(Petition)的起来，也不愿意每天睡觉前，是稀里糊涂的晕过去。只是，清醒毕竟会让人痛苦，会让人想到很多不愉快的事。
为本人的丈夫或妻子提交的瞬时绝对请愿书(Petition)，负责的想法，配头侨民签证(Visa)的央浼险些一起退学前完毕在美国的侨民惩罚。
... person skilled in the art所属技术领域的专业人员 petition请求书 petty patent小专利 ...
申请书（Petition）是指当事人向法庭提交的、要求法庭下达指令或对特定事项作出裁决的正式的书面请求。
petitionary 请愿的，为请愿的；请求的
petitioner 请愿人；诉愿人；（英）离婚案原告
请愿；[法][专利]请愿书；祈求；诉状
Jill volunteered to organize a petition.
吉尔自告奋勇组织请愿。
We're collecting signatures for a petition.
我们在为请愿书收集签名。
They turned in a petition with 80 000 signatures.
他们递交了一份有8万人签名的请愿书。
Sally was beaten and raped as a 10-year-old bride, but her December 2009 petition for divorce had failed.
VOA : standard.2010.03.27
They recently circulated a petition to help save the valley as a World Heritage Site.
VOA : standard.2010.08.05
You don't have to petition the government to do something.
你不必再去请求政府,出面做什么事情。
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The children presented a petition with 60,000 signatures in support of the law.
VOA : standard.2010.03.27
She was reduced to having to petition the court for money to get her lawn mowed.
Much of the tourist industry was opposed and a petition signed by more than 20, 000 opponents was gathered.
The petition will be given to the UN during the 2013 Millennium Development Goals Summit in September 2013.
petition，英语单词，动词、名词，作及物动词的意思是“请愿；请求；恳求”，作不及物动词的意思是“请愿；请求”，作名词的意思是“请愿；请愿书；祈求；[法] 诉状”。