petitioned
v. 祈求,请求,请愿( petition的过去式和过去分词 ); (向法庭)请求,申请
A petition is a document signed by a lot of people which asks a government or other official group to do a particular thing.
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。
A petition is a formal request made to a court of law for some legal action to be taken.
His lawyers filed a petition for all charges to be dropped...
他的律师提请撤销所有指控。
The court rejected their petition.
法庭驳回了他们的上诉。
If you petition someone in authority, you make a formal request to them.
...couples petitioning for divorce...
申请离婚的夫妇
All the attempts to petition the Congress had failed...
所有向国会请愿的努力均告失败。
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。
He petitioned for a retrial in camera.
他请求不公开重新审理此案.
They petitioned the mayor to take immediate measures.
他们陈情市长立即采取措施.
The condemned man petitioned me governor for clemency.
被判刑的人上书州长请求慈悲.
We petitioned His Majesty for sanction.
我们向陛下请求批准.