petitioned

英 [pəˈtɪʃnd]

美 [pəˈtɪʃnd]

v. 祈求; 请求; 请愿; (向法庭)请求，申请
petition的过去分词和过去式

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。

Although settlers petitioned to be allowed to buy and own the land they were tilling, so that they could pay taxes instead of rent, the Dutch rulers refused.
虽然新居民请求土地的买卖，而他们以税代替租金，但荷兰人拒绝了。
She petitioned for divorce on account of the breakdown of their marriage.
她以婚姻关系破裂为由申请离婚。
Ms Westwood was approached to design the gowns in2007 after the College successfully petitioned the Privy Council for degree-awarding powers in its own right.
维斯特伍德在2007年被请求设计学院袍服，因为伦敦国王学院在该年成功获得枢密院的许可，有权自行颁发学位。
I had to beg her pardon. The condemned man petitioned the government for clemency.
被判刑的囚犯请求政府宽恕他。
They petitioned the government to reconsider its decision.
他们请求政府重新考虑其决定。
The condemned man petitioned me governor for clemency.
被判刑的人上书州长请求慈悲。
The mayors of two towns petitioned the President to stop sending their sons to Vietnam.
两个城镇的市长向总统请愿，要求停止把他们的青年派往越南。
We petitioned His Majesty for sanction.
我们向陛下请求批准。
The defendant's lawyer petitioned for a new trial.
被告律师请求重新开庭审理。
He petitioned for a retrial in camera.
他请求重新不公开审理此案。