claim

vt.声称；断言；需要；索取

vi.提出要求

n.（根据权利而提出的）要求；声称；断言；索赔

verb

表示真实性 say sth is true

1. 宣称；声称；断言
   to say that sth is true although it has not been proved and other people may not believe it
   1. He claims (that) he was not given a fair hearing.
      他声称他未得到公正的申述机会。
   2. I don't claim to be an expert.
      我不敢自称为专家。
   3. Scientists are claiming a major breakthrough in the fight against cancer.
      科学家们宣称攻克癌症已有重大的突破。
   4. It was claimed that some doctors were working 80 hours a week.
      据说有些医生每周工作80小时。

要求合法权利 demand legal right

2. 要求（拥有）；索取；认领
   to demand or ask for sth because you believe it is your legal right to own or to have it
   1. A lot of lost property is never claimed.
      许多失物从未被认领。
   2. He claimed political asylum.
      他要求政治避难。

金钱 money

3. 索要；索取
   to ask for money from the government or a company because you have a right to it
   1. He's not entitled to claim unemployment benefit.
      他无权要求领取失业救济金。
   2. She claimed damages from the company for the injury she had suffered.
      她因受伤向公司要求获得损害赔偿金。
   3. You could have claimed the cost of the hotel room from your insurance.
      你本可以从你的保险中索取旅馆住房费。
   4. You can claim on your insurance for that coat you left on the train.
      你可按你的保险索赔你遗忘在火车上的大衣。

注意；思考 attention/thought

4. 引起（注意）
   to get or take sb's attention
   1. A most unwelcome event claimed his attention.
      一件最讨厌的事情需要他去考虑。

获得；赢得 gain/win

5. 获得；赢得；取得
   to gain, win or achieve sth
   1. She has finally claimed a place on the team.
      她终于成了那支队的队员。

导致死亡 cause death

6. 夺走，夺去（生命）
   to cause sb's death
   1. The car crash claimed three lives.
      那次撞车事故导致三人死亡。

noun

表示真实 saying sth is true

1. 声明；宣称；断言
   a statement that sth is true although it has not been proved and other people may not agree with or believe it
   1. The singer has denied the magazine's claim that she is leaving the band.
      这名歌手已否认那家杂志有关她要离开乐队的说法。

合法权利 legal right

2. （尤指对财产、土地等要求拥有的）所有权
   a right that sb believes they have to sth, especially property, land, etc.
   1. They had no claim on the land.
      他们无权索要那块土地。
   2. She has more claim to the book's success than anybody (= she deserves to be praised for it) .
      她为这本书的成功立了头功。

钱款 for money

3. （尤指向公司、政府等）索款，索赔
   a request for a sum of money that you believe you have a right to, especially from a company, the government, etc.
   1. You can make a claim on your insurance policy.
      你可按保险单索赔。
   2. to put in a claim for an allowance
      提出领取津贴的要求
   3. a claim for £2 000
      要求2 000英镑的索赔
   4. Make sure your claims for expenses are submitted by the end of the month.
      你的费用一定要在月底以前办理报销。
   5. a three per cent pay claim
      提高工资3%的要求
   6. Complete a claim form (= an official document which you must use in order to request money from an organization) .
      填写索赔表格。

过去式:claimed 名词复数形式:claims 第三人称单数:claims 过去分词:claimed 现在分词:claiming

claim 声称

来自PIE*kele,叫，呼喊，词源同call,clamor.

1. We can adduce evidence to support the claim.
   我们能举出证据支持该说法。
2. He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him
   他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。
3. A man claiming to be a journalist threatened to reveal details about her private life
   一个自称是记者的人威胁要公开有关她的私生活的细节。
4. 'I had never received one single complaint against me,' claimed the humiliated doctor
   “从来没有人投诉过我，”感到受辱的那名医生宣称。
5. He claims a 70 to 80 per cent success rate.
   他声称成功率有七到八成。
6. He repeated his claim that the people of Trinidad and Tobago backed his action
   他再次声称，特立尼达和多巴哥的人民支持他的行动。
7. An underground organisation has claimed responsibility for the bomb explosion
   一个地下组织已经声称对这起炸弹爆炸事件负责。
8. He was too modest to claim the credit.
   他太谦逊，不愿意邀功。
9. Now they are returning to claim what was theirs.
   如今他们回来索取本属于他们的东西。
10. Rival claims to Macedonian territory caused conflict in the Balkans.
    多方主张拥有对马其顿的领土主权，结果在巴尔干地区引发了冲突。
11. Steffi Graf claimed a fourth Wimbledon title in 1992.
    施特菲·格拉芙于1992年第4次赢得温布尔登桂冠。
12. She'd no claims on him now
    现在他不欠她什么了。
13. He was surrounded by people, all with claims on his attention.
    他被人们团团围住，个个都要他把注意力放在自己身上。
14. There is already a long list of people claiming her attention.
    需要她关注的人已经很多了。
15. John had taken out redundancy insurance but when he tried to claim, he was refused payment
    约翰办理过失业保险，可是当他去索赔时却遭拒付。
16. They intend to claim for damages against the three doctors.
    他们打算向那3位医生索要损害赔偿。
17. The union claimed a pay rise worth four times the rate of inflation.
    工会要求按照通货膨胀率的4倍提高工资。
18. The civil war claimed the life of a U.N. interpreter yesterday
    昨天，内战夺去了一位联合国译员的生命。
19. Heart disease is the biggest killer, claiming 180,000 lives a year.
    心脏病是头号杀手，每年夺去18万条生命。
20. 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党议员如何在电视上拥有良好形象。
21. Her attorneys claim there is no conclusive evidence that any murders took place
    她的律师声称并无确凿证据表明发生了谋杀。
22. He can claim to have been defeated by opponents copying his own tactics.
    他可以说是被仿效自己策略的对手们给打败了。
23. They diddled their insurance company by making a false claim.
    他们进行虚假索赔，骗取了保险公司的赔偿金。
24. He doubted their claim to have forsaken military solutions to the civil war
    他对他们声称已经放弃通过武力解决内战感到怀疑。
25. He went to law and did not succeed in his claim against us.
    他告上了法庭，但没有告赢我们。
26. They claim the council has prejudiced their health by failing to deal with asbestos.
    他们声称，理事会没有处理好石棉的问题，从而损害了他们的健康。
27. The new figures cast doubt on the government's claim to have achieved a surgical strike against military targets.
    新的数字使人们对政府所声称的已经对军事目标实行了外科手术式打击产生了怀疑。
28. The claim exposed a weak point in the structure of facts upon which his argument rested
    这一主张暴露了支撑他论点的论据结构的一个弱点。