petition
US:/pəˈtɪʃ(ə)n/
UK:/pə'tɪʃ(ə)n/
v.:
请求；申请；请愿；祈求
n.:
请愿书；祈求；申请书；申诉书
网络:
诉状；呈请书
Word forms: (复数) petitions (现在分词) petitioning (过去式) petitioned
Examples
1.
Another woman, who found a snake in her Christmas tree, started a petition demanding that Helen get rid of her snakes.
另一位妇女，因为在她的圣诞树上发现了一条蛇，就发起签署一封请愿信的活动，要求海伦不再养蛇。
2.
The constitution do not clearly stipulate the Right to Petition, which leads to the deficiency of this important basic civil right.
由于我国现行宪法中缺乏请愿权的明确规定，导致这种重要的基本公民权利不能得到应有的法律保障。
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.
我意识到，我可以象公众人物那样去做为---能够捍卫自己的利益、成立工会并请愿呛声---去挑战并提出要求。
4.
This petition shall be made to the first Panel appointed to hear a pending dispute between the parties.
该请求应向第一个被指定负责审理双方争议的专家组提出。
5.
The children, once they turn 21, would also be able to petition for their parents to get United States citizenship.
这些孩子，一到21岁就可以为他们的父母申请美国公民身份。
6.
He said the officials who took the petition said they would study the parents' demands.
他说，官员们接受了请愿书，他们将研究患儿家长的需求。
7.
A commission spokesman said the petition would be considered next year.
委员会的一个发言人说请愿书明年将予考虑。
8.
She said she collected 50 signatures on a petition sent to officials, but that it had fallen on deaf ears.
她说她收集50个签名在一个请愿书上，送到行政官员，但这已经被置若罔闻。
9.
Questions have been raised over the financing of the petition campaign with which the re-election drive began.
他们对启动再选活动所需的请愿资金的来源提出了疑问。
10.
Justice Hugh Bennett said the petition for divorce by Mills was granted on the grounds that the couple had lived apart for two years.
法官休•本尼特说，鉴于麦卡特尼和米尔斯已分居两年的事实，米尔斯提出的离婚诉讼请求获准。