petitioning

英 [pəˈtɪʃnɪŋ]

美 [pəˈtɪʃnɪŋ]

v.  祈求; 请求; 请愿; (向法庭)请求，申请
petition的现在分词

现在分词：petitioning　

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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

• The petition indicates that the person for whom you are petitioning is in the United States and will apply for adjustment of status.
  这个申请表明你所申请的人目前在美国国内并且要申请改变身份。
• A court official apologized to Huugjilt's sobbing parents, who had been petitioning judicial authorities since 2006 to re-try the case, state media reported.
  国家媒体报道，法院一名官员向呼格吉勒图啜泣的父母道歉，他们从2006年起就一直向司法机关请愿要求重审案件。
• You do not walk through the clothing department petitioning against those ugly clothes.
  你不走，透过制衣署请愿，反对那些丑陋的衣服。
• Ask in faith nothing wavering; but never cease from petitioning because the King delays to reply.
  你当用不移的信心呼求；不要因为王的耽搁停止呼吁。
• You're petitioning for a stay, is that right?
  你请求暂缓行刑，对吧？
• I reminded the committee that we were petitioning for the guarantee of a loan.
  我提醒委员会，我们恳请要得到一笔贷款的保证。
• They are petitioning their employers for better working conditions.
  他们为改善工作条件正在向雇主请愿。
• I agree, petitioning against Solar manufacturers in China will only hurt the green industry and overall energy security of the United States.
  我同意。压制中国的太阳能制造商将只会伤害到绿色产业以及美国的能源安全。
• Namely, that I don't feel comfortable petitioning for specific things from God, because that feels to me like a kind of weakness of faith.
  亦即，为特定的事向神请愿，使我觉得别扭，因为我感觉这种信仰很软弱。
• Officials briefly detained Mr Luo and the head teacher of another condemned migrants'school to prevent them petitioning higher authorities.
  为了防止他们串联把事情闹大，官员们扣留了罗校长和一位来自另一所农民工子弟学校的教师。