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petition
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pe·ti·tion1 /pəˈtɪʃən/ ●○○ noun [countableC]
1 PPASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO somethinga written request signed by a lot of people, asking someone in authority to do something or change something 请愿（书）
3. formalPRAYASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO something a formal prayer or request to someone in authority or to God 正式请求；祈求；祈祷
n COLLOCATIONS
verbs
sign a petition
Five hundred villagers have signed the petition.
draw up a petition (=prepare one)
They are drawing up a petition which will be presented to the Archbishop.
organize a petition
Local residents organized a petition against the closure of the library.
present/deliver a petition
A group of pensioners went to London to present the petition.
a petition calling for something/demanding something
A petition calling for an inquiry was signed by 15,118 people.
a petition opposing something
petition + NOUN458 local people signed a petition opposing the move.
a petition drive American EnglishAmE (=an attempt to get a lot of people to sign a petition)
More than 20,000 signatures were gathered by the petition drive.
Examples from the Corpus
petition• Anti-hunt protestors stayed away from the meeting, preferring to show their support by way of a petition of more than 5,500 signatures.• Signatures have been collected on a petition to call an extraordinary general meeting following Forest's struggling start to the season.• Local groups have collected 17,000 votes on a petition to recall the mayor.• Thousands signed a petition which saved it from closure a year ago.• A petition signed by 1000 hospital doctors will be handed to the Minister of Health at lunchtime today.• She carried around her petition like a Bible.• A residents' petition called for the venture to be shelved until a more suitable access route was devised.• That same signature would remain valid on the petition of an independent candidate, she said.• Less than one-fourth of those petition signers said they would vote for Perot if he runs again this year.
petition for/against• Over 200 residents signed a petition against the traffic signal.• The Supreme Court action was taken in response to a petition against the government's decision submitted by the Bar Association.• A petition for street-lighting in Great Stainton was handed into the committee.• The larger unincorporated industrial towns could petition for incorporation under this Act and many did so over the following years.• His petition for a writ of habeas corpus was denied by the circuit court.• Still others petition for improved playgrounds in their town and extended hours at their local library.• Requests, Court of, est. 1390 for the hearing of poor people's petitions for the recovery of debts, etc.• After that, a student would have to get his or her employer to petition for a permanent stay.• Wilson said last week as he denied Williams' petition for clemency.
petition2 verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]
1 ASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO somethingto ask the government or an organization to do something by sending them a petition 〔向政府或组织〕请愿，请求
petition somebody to do something
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petition• Two or more creditors can join together to petition.• One day of marching can mean hundreds of hours of phone calling and shopping mall petitioning by inspired volunteers.• After that, a student would have to get his or her employer to petition for a permanent stay.• It had to petition for enforcement to the U. S. Court of Appeals, which could be a very time-consuming process.• As early as 1662,2000 miners from Tyne and Wear had petitioned the King about insufficient ventilation in the mines.• Sloane petitioned the Lords Commissioner of H.M.
petition against/for• Some leaders of these organizations have held Buchanan fundraisers, collected petitions for Buchanan and spoken at state Reform Party meetings.• The court refused to accept that by petitioning for divorce she had revoked her consent.• It had to petition for enforcement to the U. S. Court of Appeals, which could be a very time-consuming process.• He and buddy Chuck Bauman have been circulating petitions for months asking voters to repeal property taxes.• However, the liberal California court defended the right of teachers to petition for redress of grievances.• A petition for street-lighting in Great Stainton was handed into the committee.• The Supreme Court action was taken in response to a petition against the government's decision submitted by the Bar Association.• More than 400 villagers have signed a petition against their application feeling their venture would aggravate the problem.
petitioning for divorce• The court refused to accept that by petitioning for divorce she had revoked her consent.
From Longman Business Dictionary
petitionpe·ti·tion /pəˈtɪʃən/ noun [countableC]
LAW an official letter to a law court, asking for a legal case to be considered
→ bankruptcy petitionHe will file the petition early next week.
(1300-1400) Old French Latin petitio, from petere “to try to get or find”
pe·ti·tion1 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1petition2 verb
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