petition

英 [pɪ'tɪʃ(ə)n] 美 [pə'tɪʃən]
  • n. 请愿;请愿书;祈求;[法] 诉状
  • vi. 请愿;请求
  • vt. 请愿;请求;恳求

中文词源


petition 祈求,请愿

来自拉丁语petere,努力,寻求,渴望,祈求,来自PIE*pete,展开,追寻,词源同feather,propitiate.引申词义祈求,请愿。

英文词源


petition
petition: see repeat
petition (n.)
early 14c., "a supplication or prayer, especially to a deity," from Old French peticion "request, petition" (12c., Modern French pétition) and directly from Latin petitionem (nominative petitio) "a blow, thrust, attack, aim; a seeking, searching," in law "a claim, suit," noun of action from past participle stem of petere "to make for, go to; attack, assail; seek, strive after; ask for, beg, beseech, request; fetch; derive; demand, require," from PIE root *pet-, also *pete- "to rush; to fly" (cognates: Sanskrit pattram "wing, feather, leaf," patara- "flying, fleeting;" Hittite pittar "wing;" Greek piptein "to fall," potamos "rushing water," pteryx "wing;" Old English feðer "feather;" Latin penna "feather, wing;" Old Church Slavonic pero "feather;" Old Welsh eterin "bird"). Meaning "formal written request to a superior (earthly)" is attested from early 15c.
petition (v.)
c. 1600, from petition (n.). Related: Petitioned; petitioning.

双语例句


1. His lawyers filed a petition for all charges to be dropped.
他的律师提请撤销所有指控。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Public employees, teachers and liberals are circulating a petition for his recall.
公务员、教师和自由派人士正在散发请愿书,要求将他召回.

来自柯林斯例句

3. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

4. Democrats say the petition will eviscerate state government.
民主党人说这次请愿将会重创州政府。

来自柯林斯例句

5. a petition against experiments on animals
反对用动物做实验的请愿书

来自《权威词典》

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