学个词Learn a Word 第1444课 petition

　　今天我们要学的词是petition。Petition, 请愿书。日本去年三月大地震引发核泄露。 "A citizen's group in Japan is gathering¹ signatures for a petition that is calling on the government to permanently² shut down all nuclear power plants in the country," 日本一个市民组织正在为一份请愿书筹集签名，呼吁政府永久关闭国内所有核设施。 "Concerned Apple customers delivered petitions to Apple Stores around the world, demanding the tech giant to improve working conditions at overseas manufacturing plants," 苹果产品使用者向世界各地的苹果转卖店递交请愿书，要求这个科技巨头公司改善海外工厂员工的工作条件。好的，今天我们学习的词是petition...

1 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

2 permanently   

adv.永恒地，永久地，固定不变地

参考例句：

• The accident left him permanently scarred.那次事故给他留下了永久的伤疤。
• The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London.该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。