| 词汇 | petitioning |
| 释义 | petitioning present participle ofpetition petition verb[ I or T ] uk /pəˈtɪʃ.ən/ us /pəˈtɪʃ.ən/ law also specialized to make a formal request for something, especially in a law court: （向法院）递交上诉书，上诉 They're petitioning for/about better facilities for disabled people.他们正在请愿，希望当局能为残疾人安装更好的设施。 [ + obj + to infinitive ]I think we should petition the government to increase the grant for the project.我认为我们应该请求政府增加对该项目的拨款。 She is petitioning for a re-trial.她将上诉要求重审。 Making appeals & requests adjuration appellate apply for something apply to appreciate ask a lot besiege car wash cry entreat entreaty imploringly importunately importunity invite invocation leech push scrounge ticket Examples of petitioningpetitioning In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. While the social importance of legal aid cannot be discounted, the trend of petitioning since 1951 shows no constant relationship to such provision. Local authorities and their national associations acted only in a manner of one-way petitioning. Petitioning was not restricted to those with private grievances. Because her right to per form this act of petitioning is in question, she must be extremely careful about how she phrases her request. In the early 1930s, petitioning was an extremely valuable form of communication for both senders and receivers. Alternatively, they may take the judgment to other authorities through the petitioning system (shangfang), and claim that the courts have misapplied the laws. Reform was also fuelled by ongoing popular unrest, with women protesting water shortages as well as petitioning for land settlement. Petitioning mediated between political elites' need for political legitimacy and people's concerns regarding their social, political, and economic experiences. Petitioning also offered them powerful strategies to cope with various problems of everyday life and to negotiate their subordination. Despite its importance, we still know too little about the process of petitioning. We posit that additional flattened sculptures and slabs riddled with small circular depressions were foci of sacred activities aimed at petitioning favors from supernatural forces. It was merely provided that parliament had the option of petitioning for their revocation. This geographical proximity to one another and to law-making bodies such as municipal councils reduced the transaction costs of organization and petitioning. In order to maintain links with the people in whose names the party exercised its power, petitioning, along with other mechanisms, was given particular emphasis. One pamphleteer had commented on this in 1803 while complaining about the extent of petitioning. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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