petition的意思和读音

petition

: [pəˈtɪʃ(ə)n] : [pə'tɪʃ(ə)n]

v.

n.

petitions  petitioning  petitioned  

n.request,appeal,entreaty,requisition,supplication

v.lobby,beg,implore,plead,ask

petitionn.

1.~ (against/for sth)a written document signed by a large number of people that asks sb in a position of authority to do or change sth

a petition against experiments on animals

The workers are getting up(= starting) a petition for tighter safety standards.

2.an official document asking a court to take a particular course of action

3.a formal prayer to God or request to sb in authority

v.

1.[i][t]to make a formal request to sb in authority, especially by sending them a petition

Local residents have successfully petitioned against the siting of a prison in their area.

The group intends to petition Parliament for reform of the law.

Parents petitioned the school to review its admission policy.

2.[i][t]~ (sb) (for sth).~ sb/sth to do sthto formally ask for sth in court

to petition for divorce

n.1.,;;2.;

v.1....[]2., (for a thing to do)

n.1.a document signed by many people that asks someone in authority to do something2.an official document in which you ask a court to take legal action3.a request made to God or to someone such as a king

v.1.to ask someone in authority to do something using a petition2.to give a court an official document in which you ask it to take legal action3.to ask God or someone such as a king for something

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1.Another woman, who found a snake in her Christmas tree, started a petition demanding that Helen get rid of her snakes.

2.The constitution do not clearly stipulate the Right to Petition, which leads to the deficiency of this important basic civil right.

3.I realized I could act as a public person _able to defend my interests, to unionize, to petition to speak up -to challenge and demand.------

4.This petition shall be made to the first Panel appointed to hear a pending dispute between the parties.

5.She fell out with Yeltsin over the war in Chechnya, and in 2010 was the first to sign a petition that Vladimir Putin should go.;2010.

6.The children, once they turn 21, would also be able to petition for their parents to get United States citizenship.21

7.He said the officials who took the petition said they would study the parents' demands.

8.A commission spokesman said the petition would be considered next year.

9.She said she collected 50 signatures on a petition sent to officials, but that it had fallen on deaf ears.50

10.Questions have been raised over the financing of the petition campaign with which the re-election drive began.