petitioned是什么意思？

petitioned

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

例句

• Parents petitioned the school to review its admission policy. 家长请愿恳求学校修订招生政策。
• Local residents have successfully petitioned against the siting of a prison in their area. 当地居民反对在区内兴建监狱的请愿获得了成功。
• They petitioned the mayor to take immediate measures. 他们陈情市长立即采取措施.
• He petitioned for a retrial in camera. 他请求不公开重新审理此案.
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  请愿书
  A petition is a document signed by a lot of people which asks a government or other official group to do a particular thing.
  例句
  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
  A petition is a formal request made to a court of law for some legal action to be taken.
  例句
  His lawyers filed a petition for all charges to be dropped... 他的律师提请撤销所有指控。 The court rejected their petition. 法庭驳回了他们的上诉。
• VERB
  祈求；请求；请愿
  If you petition someone in authority, you make a formal request to them.
  例句
  ...couples petitioning for divorce... 申请离婚的夫妇 All the attempts to petition the Congress had failed... 所有向国会请愿的努力均告失败。