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

• That's why I'm petitioning to have next term
  所以我请求下一个学期
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She's petitioning to regain custody of the child.
  她请求重获孩子的监护权。
• We're petitioning for our right to keep a school in our village.
  我们为在村中保留一所学校这一权利进行请愿。
• Thes. 3:10 Night and day petitioning exceedingly so that we may see your face and complete the things that are lacking in your faith?
  帖前三10我们昼夜格外恳切地祈求，要见你们的面，补足你们信心的缺欠。
• 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。
• He himself appeared in court when subpoenaed in a dispute over the national rugby squad – and more agonisingly when petitioning for divorce from his second wife, Winnie.
  他自己也曾亲自出庭应诉，一次是因一场围绕国家橄榄球队的争议而接到法院传票，另一次更令他痛苦的是，第二任妻子温妮（Winnie）要求离婚。
• 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。