petition

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。

Villagers petitioned the local authority to provide better bus services..村民请愿要求地方当局提供更好的公共汽车服务。

file a petition,提交请愿书

真题例句...The figures prompted Oceana to petition the government to upgrade the level of protection for the North Atlantic loggerheads from “threatened” to “endangered”—meaning they are in danger of disappearing without additional help...CET62009.6阅读理解