petition

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A formal written request made by an individual or a group of people to a sovereign or political authority, often containing many signatures, soliciting some grace, right, mercy, or the redress of some wrong or grievance.
    — We're looking to get 10,000 people to sign the petition to have the bird colony given legal protection.
  2. A formal written application made to a magistrate or court for an order or a suit for divorce. broadly
  3. A prayer or supplication, especially of which is formal or humble and made to a deity, a sovereign, or an authority.
    — a petition to aid
动词 v.
  1. To make a petition to (a sovereign or political authority). transitive
    — The villagers petitioned the council to demolish the dangerous building.

词形变化

petitions plural petitions present,singular,third-person petitioning participle,present petitioned participle,past petitioned past

词汇关系

衍生词
counterpetition e-petition petitionable petitional petitionary petitionee petitioner petitionist petition of right prepetition repetition

词源

词源 1
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French peticiun, from stem of Latin petitio, petitionem (“a request, solicitation”), from petere (“to require, seek, go forward”).
词源 2
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French peticiun, from stem of Latin petitio, petitionem (“a request, solicitation”), from petere (“to require, seek, go forward”).
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