petition
英 [pɪ'tɪʃ(ə)n]
美[pə'tɪʃən]
- n. 请愿；请愿书；祈求；[法] 诉状
- vi. 请愿；请求
- vt. 请愿；请求；恳求
词态变化
复数: petitions;第三人称单数: petitions;过去式: petitioned;过去分词: petitioned;现在分词: petitioning;
中文词源
petition 祈求，请愿
来自拉丁语petere,努力，寻求，渴望，祈求，来自PIE*pete,展开，追寻，词源同feather,propitiate.引申词义祈求，请愿。
英英释意
- 1. a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
- 2. reverent petition to a deity
英文词源
- petition
- petition: see repeat
- petition (n.)
- early 14c., "a supplication or prayer, especially to a deity," from Old French peticion "request, petition" (12c., Modern French pétition) and directly from Latin petitionem (nominative petitio) "a blow, thrust, attack, aim; a seeking, searching," in law "a claim, suit," noun of action from past participle stem of petere "to make for, go to; attack, assail; seek, strive after; ask for, beg, beseech, request; fetch; derive; demand, require," from PIE root *pet-, also *pete- "to rush; to fly" (cognates: Sanskrit pattram "wing, feather, leaf," patara- "flying, fleeting;" Hittite pittar "wing;" Greek piptein "to fall," potamos "rushing water," pteryx "wing;" Old English feðer "feather;" Latin penna "feather, wing;" Old Church Slavonic pero "feather;" Old Welsh eterin "bird"). Meaning "formal written request to a superior (earthly)" is attested from early 15c.
- petition (v.)
- c. 1600, from petition (n.). Related: Petitioned; petitioning.
同义词辨析
plead, appeal, beg, petition, entreat, pray
这些动词均含"请求，恳求"之意。
plead： 指谦卑而又不失尊严地请求，侧重迫切感。
appeal： 常指以道义原则为基础或以法律为依据的请求。
beg比plead通俗，不用于法律范畴，指低声下气地请求，有时含贬义，指某人喋喋不休地要求得到帮助。
petition： 指正式而热切地请愿或祈求。
entreat的意义与beg的大致相同，但较文雅。
pray： 指祈求，多用于宗教用语中。
实用场景例句
- a petition against experiments on animals
- 反对用动物做实验的请愿书
牛津词典
- The workers are getting up (= starting) a petition for tighter safety standards.
- 工人正发起请愿，要求提高安全标准。
牛津词典
- Local residents have successfully petitioned against the siting of a prison in their area.
- 当地居民反对在区内兴建监狱的请愿成功了。
牛津词典
- The group intends to petition Parliament for reform of the law.
- 这个团体准备请求议会修改法律。
牛津词典
- Parents petitioned the school to review its admission policy.
- 家长请愿恳求学校修订招生政策。
牛津词典
- to petition for divorce
- 申请离婚
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- His lawyers filed a petition for all charges to be dropped...
- 他的律师提请撤销所有指控。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The court rejected their petition.
- 法庭驳回了他们的上诉。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...couples petitioning for divorce...
- 申请离婚的夫妇
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- All the attempts to petition the Congress had failed...
- 所有向国会请愿的努力均告失败。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- They began to petition the queen.
- 他们开始企求女王.
辞典例句
- Thousands of citizens subscribed the petition.
- 几千名公民在请愿书上签名.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Will be add his name to this petition?
- 他会在这请愿书上签名 吗 ?
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- After the strike ended, the creditors said they would withdraw the liquidation petition.
- 罢工结束后, 债权人表示他们将撤销清算申请.
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- The government received a petition which bore nearly five thousand signatures.
- 政府收到一份下面有近五千人签名的请愿书.
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- Everyone signed the petition to the County Council for a new school in our village.
- 大家在致县委会的请愿书上签了名,要求在我们村里办一所新学校.
《简明英汉词典》
- The number of signers of the petition for a new school snowballed.
- 要求增设新学校而签名的人像滚雪球似的越来越多.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- They addressed a petition to the legislature.
- 他们向立法机构提交了请愿书.
《简明英汉词典》
- The most straightforward way of demonstrating the strength of local feeling is through a petition.
- 当地人民表达感情的最直接方式就是请愿书.
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- The 5 th petition of the Lord's Prayer is the most special.
- 主祷文的第五诉求是最特别的.
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- The petition was ordered to lie on the table.
- 该请愿书奉命暂搁一边,以后讨论.
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- Article 47 The petition or complaint made by a public procurator shall be true to facts.
- 第四十七条检察官提出申诉和控告,应当实事求是.
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- HAS ANYONE EVER FILED AN IMMIGRANT VISA PETITION ON YOUR BEHALF?
- 是否有人曾为您提供过移民签证申请?
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- The people signed a petition to stop destruction of the historic buildings.
- 人民签署一纸请愿书来禁止对古迹的破坏.
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- They have added their names to a petition to tackle airbrushed images of glamorous celebrities.
- 他们已经联名提交了诉状,要求处理这些已经经过修饰的光鲜夺目的名人的形象.
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- The doctrines on the quality of petition in rem are different.
- 关于物权请求权的性质,学说纷纭.
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- Has a petition ever been presented for winding up the company?
- 曾否有任何呈请书申请将公司清盘?
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- The townspeople sent a petition to the government asking for electric light for the town.
- 市民向政府递交请愿书,要求为该市安装电灯.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Mr Liu's offence, apparently, to organise a petition calling for more democracy.
- 显然,刘小宝的违法行为在于, 他组织了要求更多民主的请愿.
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