petition是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 祈求, 请求; 请愿, 请求书v. (向…) 请愿, 正式请求，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "Here I have brought you the petition to sign," said Nekhludoff, somewhat surprised at the forward manner in which she accosted him.
-- Resting his elbows on the table so that he should not be heard by the warden, whose face was of a Jewish type, with grayish side-whiskers, he said: "If this petition fails we will appeal to His Majesty.
-- The Senate could hear the case in two weeks, and by that time Nekhludoff intended to be in St. Petersburg, and, in case of an adverse decision, to petition the Emperor, as the lawyer had advised.
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