Word

petition

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雅思
/pə'tɪʃən/
n 祈求,请求;请愿,请求书
例句:Local residents have drawn up a petition to protest the hospital closure.(当地居民已草拟了一份请愿书,抗议关闭医院。);{"GEO":["AmE"],"GLOSS":["an attempt to get a lot of people to sign a petition"],"COLLOINEXA":["petition drive"]}(发动民众签名的〕请愿运动)
派生:petitionary;petitioner
短语:file a petition
同近:imprecation;demand;apply for

同难度的词:sensible、sign、as、explicit、wreck、ravage、wreathe、impede、thesis、precedent、lofty、fridge

这些词都在「雅思」词表里,也可以按考试去背。