petitions

n.

（许多人签名的向当权者提出某种要求的）请愿书( petition的名词复数 )；上诉状；申诉书；申请书

v.

祈求，请求，请愿( petition的第三人称单数 )；（向法庭）请求，申请；

file a petition提交请愿书

1. Many subscribers' names are in the petition.
   请愿书上有很多签名者的名字。
2. They signed a petition in support of the workers' demands.
   他们在请愿书上签名，支持工人的请求。
3. She made a silent petition to God for help.
   她默默地祈求上帝给予帮助。
4. She filed a petition for divorce.
   她提出了离婚申请。
5. They rejected his petition for naturalization.
   他们拒绝了他的入籍申请。

1. I can petition for Junie's custody.
   我可以申请做琼妮的监护人。

1. She petitioned her neighbor to turn down the radio.
   她请求邻居把收音机关小点声。
2. They petition the government for the release of the political prisoner.
   他们向政府请愿要求释放政治犯。

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Court Response to Petitions for Civil Protection Orders
Why are so many antidumping petitions withdrawn?
Parchis, Petitions, and Offices: The Materiality of Bureaucracy in Urban Pakistan
Signatures of citizenship: The rhetoric of women's antislavery petitions
Broadening Participation Through E‐Petitions? An Empirical Study of Petitions to the German Parliament
INSCRIBING SUBJECTS TO CITIZENSHIP: Petitions, Literacy Activism, and the Performativity of Signature in Rural Tamil India
Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants: Annual notice of findings on recycled petitions
AN ANALYSIS OF THE DECISION TO FILE, THE DUMPING ESTIMATES, AND THE OUTCOME OF ANTIDUMPING PETITIONS
Internet-based system for gathering and providing contact information and distributing and receiving petitions