Petitioning

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Petition

(n.) The act of presenting apetition; a supplication.

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• They are generally obliged, therefore, to content themselves with petitioning for certain encouragements to exportation. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Now, too, she was not always petitioning to drink. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Mr. Hartright is petitioning for some more music, and he wants it, this time, of the lightest and liveliest kind. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.

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