petitioned

英 [pəˈtɪʃnd]

美 [pəˈtɪʃnd]

v.  祈求; 请求; 请愿; (向法庭)请求，申请
petition的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 请愿书
  Apetitionis a document signed by a lot of people which asks a government or other official group to do a particular thing.
  1. 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。
• N-COUNT 上诉；（对法庭的）请求
  Apetitionis a formal request made to a court of law for some legal action to be taken.
  1. His lawyers filed a petition for all charges to be dropped...
     他的律师提请撤销所有指控。
  2. The court rejected their petition.
     法庭驳回了他们的上诉。
• VERB 祈求；请求；请愿
  If youpetitionsomeone in authority, you make a formal request to them.
  1. ...couples petitioning for divorce...
     申请离婚的夫妇
  2. All the attempts to petition the Congress had failed...
     所有向国会请愿的努力均告失败。
  3. Twenty-five of his supporters petitioned him to restore the monarchy...
     他的拥护者中有25个人请求他复辟。
  4. She's petitioning to regain custody of the child.
     她请求重获孩子的监护权。

双语例句

• Although settlers petitioned to be allowed to buy and own the land they were tilling, so that they could pay taxes instead of rent, the Dutch rulers refused.
  虽然新居民请求土地的买卖，而他们以税代替租金，但荷兰人拒绝了。
• The people petitioned to be allowed to return to their island.
  人民请求回到岛上去。
• I had to beg her pardon. The condemned man petitioned the government for clemency.
  被判刑的囚犯请求政府宽恕他。
• Name of the right holders of the invention patent or patent of utility models relating to the petitioned compulsory licensing;
  被请求强制许可的发明专利或实用新型专利的专利权人姓名或者名称；
• In early January, Mr Yan, who has launched shareholder lawsuits against listed companies, petitioned the finance ministry to release details about expenditure in 2008 and the budget for this year.
  1月上旬，曾代表股东对一些上市公司提起诉讼的严义明，请求财政部公布2008年支出和今年预算的细节。
• She petitioned for divorce on account of the breakdown of their marriage.
  她以婚姻关系破裂为由申请离婚。
• In every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: our repeated petition have been answered only by repeated injury.
  在遭受这些压迫的每一阶段，我们都曾以最谦卑的言辞吁请予以纠正。而我们一次又一次的情愿，却只是被报以一次又一次的伤害。
• They petitioned the government to reconsider its decision.
  他们请求政府重新考虑其决定。
• The condemned man petitioned me governor for clemency.
  被判刑的人上书州长请求慈悲。
• The mother petitioned a local court to annul the marriage, but was denied on the technical ground that she is not the "legal guardian" of the child.
  为了取消这场婚姻，女孩的母亲到当地法庭申诉，却遭到了法庭所谓不是女孩“法定监护人”法律原因驳回。