什么是 petition?A solemn supplication or request to a superior authority; an entreaty.A formal written document requesting a right or benefit from a person or group in authority.Law A formal written application requesting a court for a specific judicial action: a petition for appeal. Law The judicial action asked for in any such request.Something requested or entreated.To address a petition to.To ask for by petition; request formally.To make a request, especially formally: petitioned for retrial.