petition
petition 英 [pəˈtɪʃn] 美 [pəˈtɪʃən]
n. 请愿；请愿书 v. 请愿；请求
进行时:petitioning 过去式:petitioned 过去分词:petitioned 第三人称单数:petitions 名词复数:petitions
- If you're angry about the new rule that you have to wear bright pink shoes to work every day, why not write up a petition, get all your co-workers to sign it, and submit it to your boss.
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- n. 请愿；请愿书
- v. 请愿；请求
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1. a petition against experiments on animals
反对用动物做实验的请愿书
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2. The workers are getting up a petition for tighter safety standards.
工人正发起请愿，要求提高安全标准。
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3. The group intends to petition Parliament for reform of the law.
这个团体准备请求议会修改法律。
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4. Parents petitioned the school to review its admission policy.
家长请愿恳求学校修订招生政策。
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5. to petition for divorce
申请离婚
- petition (n.) early 14c., "a supplication or prayer, especially to a deity," from Old French peticion "request, petition" (12c., Modern French pétition) and directly from Latin petitionem (nominative petitio) "a blow, thrust, attack, aim; a seeking, searching," in law "a claim, suit," noun of action from past participle stem of petere "to make for, go to; attack, assail; seek, strive after; ask for, beg, beseech, request; fetch; derive; demand, require," from PIE root *pet- "to rush; to fly." Meaning "formal written request to a superior (earthly)" is attested from early 15c.
- petition (v.) c. 1600, from petition (n.). Related: Petitioned; petitioning.
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