petition
/pəˈtɪʃən/
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n./v. 請願；請願書；請求
- Over three thousand residents signed a petition asking for more lights in the riverside park. 超過三千名居民連署請願書，要求在河濱公園增設更多照明。
其他意思
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n. 請願書, 請願
A petition is a document signed by a lot of people which asks a government or other official group to do a particular thing.
- People feel so strongly that we recently presented the government with a petition signed by 4,500 people.
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v. 請願, 請求
If you petition someone in authority, you make a formal request to them.[FORMAL or, LEGAL]
- couples petitioning for divorce
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pet, petit, peat 尋求
petit + ion尋求 + 名詞