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

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。
( 13) To handle petitions and complaints.
（十三）处理请愿，申诉事项。
The increased number of cases in recent decades largely reflects petitions that target multiple source countries;
近十年来，数量骤增的反倾销案件主要表现为针对多个来源国提起的申诉。
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。
Your school will probably have an office that reviews transfer credit petitions on a weekly basis.
你的学校应该有一个办公室负责每周的学分兑换申请。
Parliament foolishly rejected the American petitions.
英国国会则不智地驳回了美国人的请愿。
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。
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。
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。
Next in the chart is the advertisement which drew the most individual complaints, not including petitions.
排行第二的广告是不包括请愿书在内、个人投诉最多的广告。