Word · Frequency #4356
petition
请愿书
核心释义
a formal written request signed by many people, asking an authority to do or change something
- 1.
个人或团体向主权或政治权威提出的正式书面请求,通常包含许多签名,要求某种恩惠、权利、宽恕或纠正某些错误或不满。
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.
- 2.
向权威提交的正式请求书
a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
- 3.
向法官或法院提出的正式书面申请,要求命令或离婚诉讼。
A formal written application made to a magistrate or court for an order or a suit for divorce.
- 4.
向神祇的虔诚祈求
reverent petition to a deity
- 5.
祈祷或恳求,尤其是正式或谦卑地向神、主权或权威提出的。
A prayer or supplication, especially of which is formal or humble and made to a deity, a sovereign, or an authority.
申请书；诉状；祈祷；祈求；个人或团体向主权或政治权威提出的正式书面请求,通常包含许多签名,要求某种恩惠、权利、宽恕或纠正某些错误或不满。；向权威提交的正式请求书；向法官或法院提出的正式书面申请,要求命令或离婚诉讼。
用法In use
Thousands of residents signed a petition to stop the construction of the new highway.
用法提示：petition 作为名词，指收集签名的正式书面请求。
The student council submitted a petition to the principal requesting longer lunch breaks.
用法提示：petition 作为名词，表示正式提交给权威的请求文件。
The online petition against animal cruelty gathered over 100,000 signatures in one week.
用法提示：petition 作为名词，指通过互联网传播的请愿活动。
a petition for sth
介词 for 后接所请求的具体事物,如离婚、救济或某项权利。
The couple filed a petition for divorce last month.
这对夫妇上个月提交了离婚申请。
a petition against sth
介词 against 引出请愿所要反对的做法或安排。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- sign a petition
- 签署请愿书
- Thousands of employees signed a petition demanding better working conditions.数千名员工签署了一份请愿书，要求改善工作条件。
- circulate a petition
- 散发请愿书
- The students circulated a petition to extend library hours.学生们散发了一份请愿书，要求延长图书馆开放时间。
- launch a petition
- 发起请愿书
- After the park closed, local people launched a petition to reopen it.公园关闭后，当地居民发起了一份请愿书，要求重新开放。
- online petition
- 在线请愿书
- The online petition has collected more than 50,000 signatures.这份在线请愿书已经收集了超过五万个签名。
- petition signatures
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
想象一只宠物（pet）叼着签满名字的请愿书（petition）找主人‘拜托’——请愿就是向权威递交正式请求。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：政治、法律、宗教 petition 作名词时通常用于正式书面请求，多用于政治、法律或宗教等正式语境；日常口语中较少直接使用。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 -tion 结尾,并带有重读的 /ɪʃən/,和 petition 押韵;但 petite /pəˈtiːt/、petal /ˈpetəl/ 等词拼写相近,发音却不同。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.