petition
noun
verb
pɪəˈtɪʃən
noun
1
a
written
request
signed
by
a
lot
of
people,
asking
someone
in
authority
to
do
something
or
change
something
请愿（书）
AmE
[+
for/against
]
a
petition
against
the
new
road
反对修建新路的请愿
They
wanted
me
to
sign
a
petition
against
experiments
on
animals.
他们想让我在一份反对用动物做实验的请愿书上签名。
Local
residents
have
drawn
up
a
petition
to
protest
the
hospital
closure.
当地居民已草拟了一份请愿书，抗议关闭医院。
petition
drive
2
an
official
letter
to
a
law
court,
asking
for
a
legal
case
to
be
considered
[法律] 诉状
law
[+
for
]
She
is
threatening
to
file
a
petition
for
divorce.
她在威胁说要提出离婚诉讼。
3
a
formal
prayer
or
request
to
someone
in
authority
or
to
God
正式请求; 祈求; 祈祷
formal
verb
4
to
ask
the
government
or
an
organization
to
do
something
by
sending
them
a
petition
〔向政府或组织〕请愿，请求
petition
sb
to
do
sth
Villagers
petitioned
the
local
authority
to
provide
better
bus
services.
村民请愿要求地方当局提供更好的公共汽车服务。
[+
against/for
]
Residents
are
petitioning
against
the
new
road.
居民们正在请愿，反对修建那条新道路。
5
to
make
a
formal
request
to
someone
in
authority,
to
a
court
of
law,
or
to
God
[法律或正式] 〔向当权者、法庭或上帝〕正式请求，祈求
law or formal
[+
for
]
More
and
more
couples
are
petitioning
for
divorce
.
申请离婚的夫妻越来越多。