petition的意思|示意

美 / pəˈtɪʃn / 英 / pəˈtɪʃn /

n. 请愿书,请愿,请求,上诉状

vi. 祈求,请求,请愿

vt. (向法庭)申诉

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复数 petitions 第三人称单数 petitions 现在分词 petitioning 过去式 petitioned 过去分词 petitioned


petition的用法详解

Petition是英文单词,属于动词,意为恳求、提出请求或上书,常被用于构成 petition for / against sth.和 petition to do sth.等句型。

一、petition for / against sth.

表示“为/反对某物提出请求”,如:

She has petitioned for a pay rise. 她提出要求加薪。

They petitioned against the change. 他们反对这项变更。

二、petition to do sth.

表示“要求做某事”,如:

They petitioned the government to increase spending on education. 他们要求政府增加教育支出。

He petitioned to have his sentence reduced. 他要求减刑。

三、petition sb.

表示“向某人请求”,如:

The citizens petitioned the president for help. 居民们向总统恳求求助。

The victims petitioned the court for compensation. 受害者向法庭提出赔偿请求。

以上只是petition的几种常见用法,有时可以按照实际需求结合语境进行创新用法。但无论如何,petition的使用总是要求请求、提出请求的意思。

petition相关短语

1、 file a petition 提交请愿书

petition相关例句

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 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.

期刊摘选

The petition was ordered to lie on the table.

该请愿书奉命暂搁一边,以后讨论.

期刊摘选

Jill volunteered to organize a petition.

吉尔自告奋勇组织请愿。

...couples petitioning for divorce...

申请离婚的夫妇

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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》

They turned in a petition with 80 000 signatures.

他们递交了一份有8万人签名的请愿书。

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》