| 单词 | petition |
| 释义 | Word Frequency petition(pɪˈtɪʃən) noun 1. a document signed by a large number of people demanding some form of action from a government or other authority 2. any formal request to a higher authority or deity; entreaty 3. law a formal application in writing made to a court asking for some specific judicial action a petition for divorce 4. the action of petitioning verb 5. (transitive) to address or present a petition to (a person in authority, government, etc) to petition Parliament 6. (intransitive; foll by for) to seek by petition to petition for a change in the law Derived forms petitionary (peˈtitionary) adjective Word origin C14: from Latin petītiō, from petere to seek |
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