petitioning

Jill volunteered to organize a petition.

吉尔自告奋勇组织请愿。

We recently presented the government with a petition signed by 4,500 people.

最近我们向政府递交了有4,500人签名的请愿书。

He is among a group of educators who last month began circulating a petition opposing automated assessment software.

从上个月起，由教育工作者组成的一个团体开始散发反对自动化评估软件的请愿书，而他就是其中的参与者之一。

Thousands of citizens subscribed the petition.

几千名公民在请愿书上签名.

Many saw in Mr. Jis desperate act a striking indictment of Chinas petitioning system, which has long been criticized for being ineffective and giving people false hope, and some worried that the attention Mr. Ji has received as a result of the bombing could encourage others to follow suit.

许多人将冀中星孤注一掷的举动视为对中国上访制度的惊人控诉。上访制度一直因效率低下、给人以虚假希望而受到诟病，一些人担心，冀中星在爆炸案之后受到关注，可能会鼓励其他人效仿。

The officials don't accept people's petition, if they do, they just affectedly.

这些官员不会接受人民的请愿，如果他们会接受，那也只是在做作而已

How sorrowfully their cries echo! It'seems that they are petitioning us asylum and protection.

人心的不足,使你失去一切,你的鸣叫,如此的悲哀,似乎告诉人们,爱护我们 吧,保护我们吧.

Public employees, teachers and liberals are circulating a petition for his recall

公务员、教师和自由派人士正在散发请愿书，要求将他召回。

His lawyers filed a petition for all charges to be dropped

他的律师提请撤销所有指控。

Democrats say the petition will eviscerate state government.

民主党人说这次请愿将会重创州政府。

They collected 10 000 signatures for their petition.

他们在请愿书上征集了1万人的签名。

We're petitioning for our right to keep a school in our village.

我们为在村中保留一所学校这一权利进行请愿。

Officials briefly detained Mr Luo and the head teacher of another condemned migrants'school to prevent them petitioning higher authorities.

为了防止他们串联把事情闹大，官员们扣留了罗校长和一位来自另一所农民工子弟学校的教师。

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

要求增设新学校而签名的人像滚雪球似的越来越多。

...couples petitioning for divorce...

申请离婚的夫妇

She's petitioning to regain custody of the child.

她请求重获孩子的监护权。

Slacktivism is a kind of activism ( such as signing an online petition) that requires very little commitment or action. Example:

懒人行动主义是指只需要很少承诺或行动的一种行动主义，比如在线签署请愿等。

We're collecting signatures for a petition.

我们在为请愿书收集签名。

According to Xinhua, Mr. Jis family began petitioning the Dongguan police in July 2005, saying Mr. Ji had been paralyzed as the result of a beating he had received at the hands of informal police staff the previous month.

据新华社报道，冀中星的家属从2005年7月就开始向东莞警方上访，说冀中星前一个月被治安队员殴打导致瘫痪。

The group intends to petition Parliament for reform of the law.

这个团体准备请求议会修改法律。

The court rejected their petition.

法庭驳回了他们的上诉。

The group intended to present this petition to the parliament.

这个团体打算把这份请愿书呈递给议会。

a petition against experiments on animals

反对用动物做实验的请愿书

Many of China ＊ s Internet users argued that the online petitioning system, like its real-world counterpart, both suffers limitations and offers avenues for abuse.

很多中国网友认为，网上信访系统与上访者亲自赴京上访一样，都有局限性，也都为权力滥用提供了空间。

The workers are getting up a petition for tighter safety standards.

工人正发起请愿，要求提高安全标准。

All the attempts to petition the Congress had failed

所有向国会请愿的努力均告失败。

The region's wind power companies are enraged and are petitioning the regulators.

这一下激怒了当地的风力发电公司，他们正在向政策制定者请愿。

The NVC will contact the person for petitioning ( beneficiary ) concerning further immigrant visa processing steps.

签证中心将联系被申请人,以完成移民签证的步骤.

I reminded the committee that we were petitioning for the guarantee of a loan.

我提醒委员会,我们恳请要得到一笔贷款的保证.

Obviously no reason available for petitioning compulsory licensing.

明显不具备请求强制许可的理由.