petition
n. 請願書; 請願,請求; 上訴狀
vi. 祈求,請求; 請願
vt. (向法庭)申訴
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.
最近我們向政府遞交了有4,500人簽名的請願書。
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...
他的律師提請撤銷所有指控。
The court rejected their petition.
法庭駁回了他們的上訴。
If you petition someone in authority, you make a formal request to them.
...couples petitioning for divorce...
申請離婚的夫婦
All the attempts to petition the Congress had failed...
所有向國會請願的努力均告失敗。
1. a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
2. reverent petition to a deity
1. write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing
plead, appeal, beg, petition, entreat, pray
這些動詞均含"請求,懇求"之意。
They began to petition the queen.
他們開始企求女王.
Thousands of citizens subscribed the petition.
幾千名公民在請願書上簽名.
Will be add his name to this petition?
他會在這請願書上簽名 嗎 ?
After the strike ended, the creditors said they would withdraw the liquidation petition.
罷工結束後, 債權人表示他們將撤銷清算申請.
The government received a petition which bore nearly five thousand signatures.
政府收到一份下面有近五千人簽名的請願書.