petitioning
v. 祈求,请求,请愿( petition的现在分词 ); (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。
She's petitioning to regain custody of the child.
她请求重获孩子的监护权。
I reminded the committee that we were petitioning for the guarantee of a loan.
我提醒委员会,我们恳请要得到一笔贷款的保证.
Obviously no reason available for petitioning compulsory licensing.
明显不具备请求强制许可的理由.
How sorrowfully their cries echo! It'seems that they are petitioning us asylum and protection.
人心的不足,使你失去一切,你的鸣叫,如此的悲哀,似乎告诉人们,爱护我们 吧,保护我们吧.