petition

請願書、嘆願書

何かの実行や変更を当局に求める文書。多くの人が署名することもある。

やさしい英語で： A written request asking an authority to do or change something, often signed by many people.

• Please sign our petition.
• The council received a petition asking for a safer crossing.
• Thousands of people supported the petition.

使い方： a petition for something (They submitted a petition for better bus services.); a petition to do something (We signed a petition to save the library.)

類義語： formal request

よく使う表現： sign a petition, submit a petition, petition for something, circulate a petition

嘆願、祈願

助けを真剣かつ丁寧に求めること。祈りや権力者への願いなど。

やさしい英語で： A serious, respectful request for help, often made in prayer or to someone powerful.

• Their petition asked for mercy.
• She ended her prayer with a petition for peace.
• The ruler listened to the poor man’s humble petition.

使い方： a petition for something (The king heard their petition for mercy.)

類義語： plea, supplication, prayer

よく使う表現： a humble petition, petition for mercy, petition to god

請願する、嘆願する

通常は書面で、当局に何かをするよう正式に求める。

やさしい英語で： To formally ask an authority to do something, usually in writing.

• We petitioned for better roads.
• Parents are petitioning the school to change its rules.
• The group petitioned the court for permission to appeal.

使い方： petition someone for something (The residents petitioned the council for a new crossing.); petition someone to do something (We petitioned the mayor to reopen the pool.); petition for something (The workers petitioned for shorter hours.)

類義語： appeal, request

よく使う表現： petition the government, petition for something, petition against something