petition
US
UK petition n: (list of signatures)
SC 请愿书 qǐng yuàn shū
TC 請願書
TC 請願書
The petition to oust the governor had 50,000 signatures.
petition n: (law: request)
SC 诉状 sù zhuàng
SC 上诉书 sù zhuàng，shàng sù shū
The judge refused the plaintiff's petition for a delay in the proceedings.
petition for [sth] vtr: (law: request) (法律)
SC 诉请 sù qǐng
SC 向法院申请 sù qǐng ，xiàng fǎ yuàn shēn qǐng
You should petition the court for a protection order.
petition [sb] for [sth] vtr: (law: request)
SC 向…申请 xiàng … shēn qǐng
TC 向…申請
TC 向…申請
SC 向…请愿
The lawyer petitioned the president for a pardon.
petition [sb], petition [sb] to do [sth] vtr: (make formal request to)
SC 向…提出...的正式请求
SC 向...申请做某事
Parents petitioned the principal to cancel the assembly.
petition vi: (make formal request)
SC 请愿 qǐng yuàn
TC 請願 / 請愿
TC 請願 / 請愿
The citizens were against the zoning laws, so they petitioned.
sign a petition v expr: (add one's name to support a campaign)
SC 在请愿书上签名 zài qǐng yuàn shū shàng qiān míng
They asked me to sign a petition against it, but I refused.