Word · Frequency #4356

petitions

/pəˈtɪʃən/

noun

请愿书

petitions is the plural of petition.

a formal written request signed by many people, asking an authority to do or change something

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.
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。
2.
a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
向权威提交的正式请求书
3.
A formal written application made to a magistrate or court for an order or a suit for divorce.
向法官或法院提出的正式书面申请,要求命令或离婚诉讼。
4.
reverent petition to a deity
向神祇的虔诚祈求
5.
A prayer or supplication, especially of which is formal or humble and made to a deity, a sovereign, or an authority.
祈祷或恳求,尤其是正式或谦卑地向神、主权或权威提出的。

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。

In use

Thousands of residents signed a petition to stop the construction of the new highway.

数千名居民签署了一份请愿书，要求停止修建新高速公路。

The student council submitted a petition to the principal requesting longer lunch breaks.

学生会向校长提交了一份请愿书，要求延长午休时间。

The online petition against animal cruelty gathered over 100,000 signatures in one week.

反对虐待动物的在线请愿书一周内收集了超过十万个签名。

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: 请愿签名; How many petition signatures are required to call a public hearing?需要多少个请愿签名才能要求召开公开听证会？

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。

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。

Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。

页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。

Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.