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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

petition

英  [pəˈtɪʃən]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词

  • petitions

    1. [C 可数名词] 请愿书

    A petition is a document signed by a lot of people that asks a government or other official group to do a particular thing.

    双语例句

    例：

    People feel so strongly that we recently presented the government with a petition signed by 4,500 people.

    人们的感受如此强烈，以至于我们最近向政府提交了一份有4500人签名的请愿书。

    2. [C 可数名词] 诉状 , （向法院提出的）申请

    A petition is a formal request made to a court of law for some legal action to be taken.

    双语例句

    例：

    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。

    VERB. 动词

  • petitions , petitioning , petitioned

    1. [I 不及物动词] 正式请求

    If you petition someone in authority, you make a formal request to them.

    双语例句

    例：

    couples petitioning for divorce.

    申请离婚的几对夫妇。

    例：

    All the attempts to petition Congress had failed.

    所有向国会情愿的努力都失败了。

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