a written document signed by a large number of people that asks somebody in a position of authority to do or change something 请愿书 - petition against something
Would you like to sign our petition against experiments on animals? 您愿意在我们反对用动物做实验的请愿书上签名吗? - petition for something
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。 to present/deliver a petition 提交/递交请愿书 to start/launch a petition 发起请愿 Councillors were presented with a petition calling for more money to be spent on policing the area. 议员们收到了一份请愿书,呼吁为该地区的治安投入更多的资金。
Extra ExamplesLocal government supports the petition for a new hospital. 当地政府支持建立一家新医院的请求。 The company had actively circulated petitions to get rid of the union. 该公司曾积极散发取消工会的请愿书。 The petition opposes the closures. 请愿反对封锁。 The petition supports the plan to rebuild the road. 请愿支持道路重建计划。 The players drew up a petition and presented it to the coach. 球员们起草了一份请愿书提交给教练。 They delivered petitions with nearly 20 000 signatures to the Senate. 他们向参议院递交了有近两万人签名的请愿书。 They've threatened to get up a petition against the plan. 他们已经威胁要发起请愿反对这个计划。 Two million people signed the recall petition. 两百万人在罢免申请上签了名。 We're getting up a petition against the proposed building plans. 我们正组织请愿,反对拟议中的建筑计划。 We've started an online petition. 我们已经开始网上请愿。 a petition asking him to reconsider 一份要求他重新考虑的请愿书 a petition by local residents 当地居民的请愿 a petition in favour of reform 支持改革的请愿
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- protest
- online
- nominating
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- sign
- draft
- launch
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- ask something
- ask for something
- call for something
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- petition against
- petition by
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- petition against something
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law )法律 an official document asking a court to take a particular course of action 申诉书;申请书 a bankruptcy petition 破产申请 - petition for something
Her husband has already filed a petition for divorce. 她的丈夫已经提出离婚申请。
Extra Examplesa divorce petition on behalf of Terri Jones 代表特里・琼斯提出的离婚申请 The petition will be heard tomorrow. 明天将对诉状进行审理。 The district court has opposed the petition by the local electricity company. 区法院驳回了当地电力公司提出的申请。 The deadline for filing nominating petitions for the primary election was Tuesday. 提交初选提名申请的截止日期是星期二。 She filed a habeas corpus petition on Padilla's behalf. 她代表帕迪利亚递交了人身保护申请书。 Her petition for divorce was granted. 她的离婚请求获得批准。 He can file a petition for writ of habeas corpus. 他能提出人身保护令的申请。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- court
- bankruptcy
- divorce
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- file
- submit
- hear
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- petition for
- petition on behalf of
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a formal prayer to God or request to somebody in authority 祈祷;祈求
Word OriginMiddle English: from Latin petitio(n-), from petit- ‘aimed at, sought, laid claim to’, from the verb petere.