常用短语

参考例句

1. The number of signers of the petition for a new school snowballed.

   要求增设新学校而签名的人象滚雪球似的越来越多。

2. I can petition for Junie's custody.

   我可以申请做琼妮的监护人。

3. She also got into trouble when she turned down a man's petition to join the Party.

   她自己也惹上麻烦，因为她不同意某人入党。

4. A thousand people signed the petition .

   一千人在请愿书上签了名。

5. He subscribed his name to a petition .

   他在请愿书上签名。

6. In this year he again lost his employment apparently because he organized a petition for higher pay.

   这一年他再度失业，显然是因为他组织了要求增加工资的一次请愿。

7. She has filed a petition for divorce.

   她已向法院申请离婚。

8. The neighbours submitted a petition asking the town to put up traffic lights near the school.

   邻居们正式请求市里在学校附近设置红绿灯。

9. They presented a petition to the governor.

   他们向总督递交了一份请愿书.

10. When a person or corporation decides that debt has become too burdensome, a petition of bankruptcy is filed.

    如果某人或某公司负债累累，无力偿付，便可申请宣告破产。

同义词

• appeal
• demand
• plea
• request
• requisition