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請愿書
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.
最近我們向政府遞交了有4,500人簽名的請愿書。
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上訴；（對法庭的）請求
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...
他的律師提請撤銷所有指控。
The court rejected their petition.
法庭駁回了他們的上訴。
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VERB
祈求；請求；請愿
If you petition someone in authority, you make a formal request to them.
例句
...couples petitioning for divorce...
申請離婚的夫婦
All the attempts to petition the Congress had failed...
所有向國會請愿的努力均告失敗。