petition
英 [pəˈtɪʃ.ən]
美 [pəˈtɪʃ.ən]
- n. 请愿；请愿书；祈求；[法] 诉状
- vi. 请愿；请求
- vt. 请愿；请求；恳求
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中文词源
petition 祈求，请愿
来自拉丁语petere,努力，寻求，渴望，祈求，来自PIE*pete,展开，追寻，词源同feather,propitiate.引申词义祈求，请愿。
英语词源
- petition
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petition: see repeat
- petition (n.)
- early 14c., "a supplication or prayer, especially to a deity," from Old French peticion "request, petition" (12c., Modern French pétition) and directly from Latin petitionem (nominative petitio) "a blow, thrust, attack, aim; a seeking, searching," in law "a claim, suit," noun of action from past participle stem of petere "to make for, go to; attack, assail; seek, strive after; ask for, beg, beseech, request; fetch; derive; demand, require," from PIE root *pet-, also *pete- "to rush; to fly" (cognates: Sanskrit pattram "wing, feather, leaf," patara- "flying, fleeting;" Hittite pittar "wing;" Greek piptein "to fall," potamos "rushing water," pteryx "wing;" Old English feðer "feather;" Latin penna "feather, wing;" Old Church Slavonic pero "feather;" Old Welsh eterin "bird"). Meaning "formal written request to a superior (earthly)" is attested from early 15c.
- petition (v.)
- c. 1600, from petition (n.). Related: Petitioned; petitioning.
权威例句
- 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. Public employees, teachers and liberals are circulating a petition for his recall.
- 公务员、教师和自由派人士正在散发请愿书,要求将他召回.
- 3. 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。
- 4. Democrats say the petition will eviscerate state government.
- 民主党人说这次请愿将会重创州政府。
- 5. a petition against experiments on animals
- 反对用动物做实验的请愿书
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