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基本釋義

v.
聲稱; 索取; 贏得; 需要; 奪去(生命)
n.
聲稱,主張; 權利; 索賠

詞性變化

實用例句

He claimed political asylum.

他要求政治避難。

牛津詞典

He's not entitled to claim unemployment benefit.

他無權要求領取失業(yè)救濟金。

牛津詞典

She claimed damages from the company for the injury she had suffered.

她因受傷向公司要求獲得損害賠償金。

牛津詞典

You could have claimed the cost of the hotel room from your insurance.

你本可以從你的保險中索取旅館住房費。

牛津詞典

You can claim on your insurance for that coat you left on the train.

你可按你的保險索賠你遺忘在火車上的大衣。

牛津詞典

A lot of lost property is never claimed.

許多失物從未被認領。

牛津詞典

He claims (that) he was not given a fair hearing.

他聲稱他未得到公正的申述機會。

牛津詞典

I don't claim to be an expert.

我不敢自稱為專家。

牛津詞典

Scientists are claiming a major breakthrough in the fight against cancer.

科學家們宣稱攻克癌癥已有重大的突破。

牛津詞典

It was claimed that some doctors were working 80 hours a week.

據(jù)說有些醫(yī)生每周工作80小時。

牛津詞典

Five Asian countries lay claim to the islands.

5個亞洲國家聲稱對那些島嶼擁有主權。

Barbara Follett's greatest claim to fame is that she taught Labour MPs how to look good on television.

芭芭拉·福利特最出名的事就是她教工黨議員如何在電視上擁有良好形象。

The civil war claimed the life of a U.N. interpreter yesterday...

昨天,內(nèi)戰(zhàn)奪去了一位聯(lián)合國譯員的生命。

Heart disease is the biggest killer, claiming 180,000 lives a year.

心臟病是頭號殺手,每年奪去18萬條生命。

The union claimed a pay rise worth four times the rate of inflation.

工會要求按照通貨膨脹率的4倍提高工資。

She'd no claims on him now...

現(xiàn)在他不欠她什么了。

He was surrounded by people, all with claims on his attention.

他被人們團團圍住,個個都要他把注意力放在自己身上。

There is already a long list of people claiming her attention.

需要她關注的人已經(jīng)很多了。

Some 25 per cent of the people who are entitled to claim State benefits do not do so...

有權申領政府補貼的人當中,約有25%沒有提出申請。

John had taken out redundancy insurance but when he tried to claim, he was refused payment...

約翰辦理過失業(yè)保險,可是當他去索賠時卻遭拒付。

Steffi Graf claimed a fourth Wimbledon title in 1992.

施特菲·格拉芙于1992年第4次贏得溫布爾登桂冠。

Zhuang claimed the record in 54.64 seconds...

莊創(chuàng)下了54.64秒的紀錄。

He was too modest to claim the credit.

他太謙遜,不愿意邀功。

Now they are returning to claim what was theirs.

如今他們回來索取本屬于他們的東西。

Rival claims to Macedonian territory caused conflict in the Balkans.

多方主張擁有對馬其頓的領土主權,結果在巴爾干地區(qū)引發(fā)了沖突。

He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him...

他聲稱這一切都是一場針對他的陰謀。

A man claiming to be a journalist threatened to reveal details about her private life...

一個自稱是記者的人威脅要公開有關她的私生活的細節(jié)。

He repeated his claim that the people of Trinidad and Tobago backed his action...

他再次聲稱,特立尼達和多巴哥的人民支持他的行動。

He rejected claims that he had affairs with six women.

他拒不承認他和6個女人有染的說法。

An underground organisation has claimed responsibility for the bomb explosion...

一個地下組織已經(jīng)聲稱對這起炸彈爆炸事件負責。

真題例句

Emailing the neuroscientist and memory researcher Jim McGaugh one day, she claimed that she could recall every day of her life since the age of 12.

出自-2017年6月閱讀原文

The team at Frontpoint addresses the issue in a blog on its site, citing their own jam protection software and claiming that there aren't any documented cases of successful jam attack since the company began offering wireless security sensors in the 1980s.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

Or maybe the reward of a half-sized portion could be a half-sized dessert to be claimed only on a future date.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

Even if they could, SimpliSafe claims that its system is always evolving, and that it varies slightly from system to system, which means there wouldn't be a universal magic formula for cracking it.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

By contrast, a Danish tax on foods high in fats was abandoned a year after its introduction, amid claims that consumers were avoiding it by crossing the border to Germany to satisfy their desire for cheaper, fattier fare.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

But perhaps Plutarch is suggesting something slightly different, something a bit closer to Marcus Cicero's claim that one should criticize by creation, not by finding fault.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

it is claimed to be unintentional.

出自-2011年12月閱讀原文

But as reliance on the Web grows, there are signs that the question is getting more serious attention: Last month, a study published in CNS Spectrums claimed to be the first large-scale look at excessive Internet use.

出自-2010年6月閱讀原文

They hoped to challenge the claim that he never slept.

出自-2014年6月聽力原文

Several of the employees in the computer department, for example, claim to be developing vision problems from having to stare at a video display terminal for about 7 hours a day.

出自-2011年6月聽力原文

A recent study said that 40% of American teens claim to have been in a car when the driver used a cell phone in a way that put people in danger.

2018年6月四級真題(第二套)聽力 Section C

But perhaps Plutarch is suggesting something slightly different, something a bit closer to Marcus Cicero's claim that one should "criticize by creation, not by finding fault."

2015年12月四級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B

I've had the idea for some time that Jack Green's been busy stirring things up in connection with the latest wage claim.

2016年12月四級真題(第一套)聽力 Section B

New York's Attorney General's office launched an investigation in the fall into whether or not Verizon, Cablevision and time Warner are delivering broadband that's as fast as the providers claim it is.

2017年6月四級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section A

Some scientists claim that people should consume the right kind of food at breakfast.

2019年12月四級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section B

The results reveal that while Swedes were the tallest people in the world in 1914, Dutch men have risen from 12th place to claim top spot with an average height of 182.5cm.

2019年6月四級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section C

There have been concerns around the sugar content of cereal and the food industry's involvement in pro-breakfast research—and even one claim from an academic that breakfast is "dangerous".

2019年12月四級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section B

When your child throws her spoon on the floor for the sixth time as you try to feed her, and you say, "That's enough! I will not pick up your spoon again!" The child will immediately test your claim.

2015年12月四級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section A

Why, then, has this claim become so popular?Part of the answer is that this is what always happens during periods of high unemployment—in part because experts and analysts believe that declaring the problem deeply rooted, with no easy answers, makes them sound serious.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

The commission's revised Green Guides warn marketers against using labels that make broad claims, like eco-friendly.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

So what you need to know is that there's no evidence whatsoever to back these claims.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

So the evidence contradicts the claim that we're mainly suffering from structural unemployment.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

Marketers must qualify their claims on the product packaging and limit them to a specific benefit, such as how much of the product is recycled.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

Manufacturers of products that claim to be environmentally friendly will face tighter rules on how they are advertised to consumers under changes proposed by the Federal Trade Commission.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

It's kind of a Wild West, anybody can claim themselves to be green.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

In the last five years or so, there has been an explosion of green claims and environmental claims.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

David Mallen, associate director of the Council of Better Business Bureau, said in the last two years the organization had seen an increase in the number of claims companies were bringing against each other for false or misleading environmental product claims.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

Companies have also taken it upon themselves to contest each other's green claims.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

And that, fundamentally, is why claims that we face huge structural problems have been multiplying: they offer a reason to do nothing about the mass unemployment that is crippling our economy and our society.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

The other thing is that a lot of these supplements aren’t necessarily what they claim to be, and you really have?to be wary when you take any of them.

出自-2016年6月聽力原文

He spoke out against the idea of white and black as distinct groups, claiming that these distinctions ignored the scope of human diversity.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

Most notoriously,Oprah's validation of jenny McCarthy's claim that vaccines cause autism(自閉癥)has no doubt contributed to much harm through the foolish avoidance of vaccines.

出自-2014年6月閱讀原文

They are also hoping the court's ruling will rein in patent law, which is increasingly being used to claim new life forms as private property.

出自-2013年12月閱讀原文

University officials claim that they dole out iPhones and iPods so as to facilitate students' learning outside of class.

出自-2013年6月閱讀原文

Thecompany claims its motives are essentially public-spirited.

出自-2011年12月閱讀原文

Google claims its plan for the world's biggest online library is to serve the interest of the general public

出自-2011年12月閱讀原文

Supporters of home education claim that it is less expensive and far more efficient than mass public education.

出自-2013年12月聽力原文

We seek it out in others and are proud to claim it in ourselves, perhaps even more than good looks or intelligence

出自-2013年12月聽力原文

We can perhaps claim compensation from the steel suppliers for failure to deliver on time.

出自-2013年6月聽力原文

Claim compensation from the steel suppliers

出自-2013年6月聽力原文

You claim you are traveling on a scholarship from Delhi University.

出自-2011年6月聽力原文

"I’ve seen very expensive protein supplements that claim to be high quality but they might not really be beneficial for the average healthy adult," she says.

2019年12月六級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B

The other thing is that a lot of these supplements aren't necessarily what they claim to be, and you really have to be wary when you take any of them.

2016年6月六級真題(第二套)聽力 Section B

It's about time they had to be registered and insured, so when they do hit a pedestrian or a vehicle, or cause an accident, at least they can be treated and there might be an opportunity to claim.

2015年高考英語湖南卷 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

Tube bosses claim that capacity was limited because so few people wanted to walk up—meaning only one side was used at all times.

2016年高考英語上海卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

But some observers are skeptical, “There is a kind of false precision being hawked by people claiming they are doing ancestry testing,” says Trey Duster, a New York University sociologist.

出自-2009年考研閱讀原文

The Bilski case involves a claimed patent on a method for hedging risk in the energy market.

出自-2010年考研閱讀原文

Curbs on business-method claims would be a dramatic about-face, because it was the federal circuit itself that introduced such patents with is 1998 decision in the so-called state Street Bank case, approving a patent on a way of pooling mutual-fund assets.

出自-2010年考研閱讀原文

Sometimes years are required for truly novel discovery claims to be accepted and appreciated.

出自-2012年考研閱讀原文

Similar to newly staked mining claims, they are full of potential.

出自-2012年考研閱讀原文

Once a discovery claim becomes public, the discoverer receives intellectual credit.

出自-2012年考研閱讀原文

Now the company is suddenly claiming that the 2002 agreement is invalid because of the 2006 legislation, and that only the federal government has regulatory power over nuclear issues.

出自-2012年考研閱讀原文

Not surprisingly, newly published discovery claims and credible discoveries that appear to be important and convincing will always be open to challenge and potential modification or refutation by future researchers.

出自-2012年考研閱讀原文

In the end, credibility “happens” to a discovery claim - a process that corresponds to what philosopher Annette Baier has described as the commons of the mind.

出自-2012年考研閱讀原文

Consequently, discovery claims should be thought of as protoscience.

出自-2012年考研閱讀原文

But, unlike with mining claims, the community takes control of what happens next.

出自-2012年考研閱讀原文

But it takes collective scrutiny and acceptance to transform a discovery claim into a mature discovery.

出自-2012年考研閱讀原文

As a discovery claim works it through the community, the interaction and confrontation between shared and competing beliefs about the science and the technology involved transforms an individual’s discovery claim into the community’s credible discovery.

出自-2012年考研閱讀原文

Another urge or need that these gardens appear to respond to, or to arise from is so intrinsic that we are barely ever conscious of its abiding claims on us.

出自-2013年考研翻譯原文

In effect, the White House claimed that it could invalidate any otherwise legitimate state law that it disagrees with.

出自-2013年考研閱讀原文

Every Justice rightly rejected this remarkable claim.

出自-2013年考研閱讀原文

“Those first few days should be spent looking for work, not looking to sign on,” he claimed.

出自-2014年考研閱讀原文

Symbolic of national unity as they claim to be, their very history—and sometimes the way they behave today – embodies outdated and indefensible privileges and inequalities.

出自-2015年考研閱讀原文

As a discovery claim works its way through the community, the interaction and confrontation between shared and competing beliefs about the science and the technology involved transforms an individual's discovery claim into the community's credible discove

2012年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

In the end, credibility "happens" to a discovery claim - a process that corresponds to what philosopher Annette Baier has described as the commons of the mind.

2012年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Next time you state your position, formulate an argument for what you claim and honestly ask yourself whether your argument is any good.

2020年考研真題(英語一)翻譯 Section Ⅲ

This practice was justified by the claim that women were needed at home, and it kept juries unrepresentative of women through the 1960s.

2010年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

You may proudly claim to only have frozen peas in the freezer-that's not good enough.

2013年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. an assertion of a right (as to money or property);

    "his claim asked for damages"

  • 2. an assertion that something is true or factual;

    "his claim that he was innocent"

    "evidence contradicted the government's claims"

  • 3. demand for something as rightful or due;

    "they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day"

  • 4. an informal right to something;

    "his claim on her attentions"

    "his title to fame"

  • 5. an established or recognized right;

    "a strong legal claim to the property"

    "he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate"

    "he staked his claim"

  • 6. a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty"

Verb
  • 1. assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing;

    "He claimed that he killed the burglar"

  • 2. demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to;

    "He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter"

    "Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident"

  • 3. ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example;

    "They claimed on the maximum allowable amount"

  • 4. lay claim to; as of an idea;

    "She took credit for the whole idea"

  • 5. take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs;

    "the accident claimed three lives"

    "The hard work took its toll on her"

同義詞辨析

ask, beg, demand, require, request, implore, claim, pray, entreat

這些動詞均有"要求,請求"之意。

  • ask:最普通用詞,指向對方提出要求或請求,長、晚輩,上下級之間都可使用。
  • beg:指懇切地或再三地請求或要求,常含低三下四意味,也多用于應酬場合。
  • demand:一般指理直氣壯地提出強烈要求,或堅持不讓對方拒絕的要求。
  • require:強調(diào)根據(jù)事業(yè)、需要或紀律、法律等而提出的要求。
  • request:正式用詞,指非常正式,有禮貌的請求或懇求,多含擔心因種種原因對方不能答應的意味。
  • implore:書面用詞,著重指迫切、焦急或痛苦地懇求或哀求,常含較強的感情色彩。
  • claim:指有權或宣稱有權得到而公開提出的要求。
  • pray:語氣莊重,指熱情、誠懇和敬祈的要求,現(xiàn)不很常用。
  • entreat:泛指一般"懇求或哀求",含企圖說服對方或用熱烈的請求軟化反對意見的意味。

assert, affirm, allege, maintain, testify, claim

這些動詞均含有"斷言,聲稱"之意。

  • assert:主觀意味強,指自認為某事就是如此,而不管事實如何。
  • affirm:側重在作出斷言時表現(xiàn)出的堅定與不可動搖的態(tài)度。
  • allege:多指無真憑實據(jù),不提供證據(jù)的斷言或宣稱。
  • maintain:與assert近義,但前者指堅決維護某種主張或觀點。
  • testify:多指在法庭作證,莊嚴地宣稱自己所說屬實。
  • claim:可與assert換用,但語氣弱一些,側重指行為自己的權利提出要求他人承認。

同義詞

n.權利;所有權

interestduetitleright

vt.要求

requiredemand

反義詞

vt. & vi.提出要求;索取

surrenderdisclaim

其他釋義

disclaimsurrender

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