及物动词
1. Several organizations petitioned the government for the release of the political prisoners.
好几个组织上书政府，请求释放政治犯。
不及物动词
1. They petitioned for an early end to the fighting.
他们上书请求早日结束战争。
名词
1. The neighbours submitted a petition asking the town to put up traffic lights near the school.
邻居们正式请求市里在学校附近设置红绿灯。
2. A thousand people signed the petition.
一千人在请愿书上签了名。
3. The villagers all signed a petition asking for a hospital to be built.
村民们都在请愿书上签名要求建一所医院。
1. 请愿书
A petition is a document signed by a lot of people which asks a government or other official group to do a particular thing.
e.g. 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。
2. 上诉；（对法庭的）请求
A petition is a formal request made to a court of law for some legal action to be taken.
e.g. His lawyers filed a petition for all charges to be dropped...
他的律师提请撤销所有指控。
e.g. The court rejected their petition.
法庭驳回了他们的上诉。
3. 祈求；请求；请愿
If you petition someone in authority, you make a formal request to them.
e.g. ...couples petitioning for divorce...
申请离婚的夫妇
e.g. All the attempts to petition the Congress had failed...
所有向国会请愿的努力均告失败。
1. 请愿书
A petition is a document signed by a lot of people which asks a government or other official group to do a particular thing.
e.g. 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。
2. 上诉；（对法庭的）请求
A petition is a formal request made to a court of law for some legal action to be taken.
e.g. His lawyers filed a petition for all charges to be dropped...
他的律师提请撤销所有指控。
e.g. The court rejected their petition.
法庭驳回了他们的上诉。
3. 祈求；请求；请愿
If you petition someone in authority, you make a formal request to them.
e.g. ...couples petitioning for divorce...
申请离婚的夫妇
e.g. All the attempts to petition the Congress had failed...
所有向国会请愿的努力均告失败。
