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

• First of all I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions and thanksgiving be made for everyone.
  首先我劝导众人，要为一切人恳求、祈祷、转求和谢恩。
• 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。
• The marriage has broken down and the wife petitions for divorce.
  婚姻已破裂，妻子申请离婚。
• A Request is a new record type designed to allow anyone to submit petitions to the team, such as a request for a new feature ( enhancement) or a defect report.
  一个请求即是一个新的记录类型，它允许任何人向小组提出请求，比如一个新特性（增强）或者一个缺陷报告的请求。
• The door of grace is always open for her petitions, and they never return empty-handed.
  恩典之门总为她的恳求而开，恳求者也永不空手而归。
• Parliament foolishly rejected the American petitions.
  英国国会则不智地驳回了美国人的请愿。
• That ye be not seduced to offer your petitions to strange gods, as saints, stocks and stones.
  你不要被诱惑将奇异的神作为圣人和偶像来祈求。
• There are petitions to intervene, requirements for standing.
  会有干预的请愿，起诉的要求。
• 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。