A request handed upward. Someone without the power to make the change it down, asks someone who does have that power, and — often — collects other names to show they are not asking alone. The direction (from below, upward) and the formality (written, on the record) are what the whole word carries, whether the receiver is a government, a court, or a higher power.
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原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
petitionnoun/pəˈtɪʃ.ən/
- 1
A formal written request made by an individual or a group of people to a sovereign or political authority, often containing many signatures, soliciting some grace, right, mercy, or the redress of some wrong or grievance.
- We're looking to get 10,000 people to sign the petition to have the bird colony given legal protection.
- 2
lawA formal written application made to a magistrate or court for an order or a suit for divorce.
- 3
A prayer or supplication, especially of which is formal or humble and made to a deity, a sovereign, or an authority.
- a petition to aid
- a petition to God for courage and strength
petitionverb/pəˈtɪʃ.ən/
- 1
To make a petition to (a sovereign or political authority).
- The villagers petitioned the council to demolish the dangerous building.
- The company, appreciating the crippling affect ^([sic]) that this scheme will have on its activities unless the railway is diverted, has petitioned against the North Wales Hydro-Electric Power Bill at present before the House of Lords.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。