claim
v.tr.(及物动词)
claimed,claim.ing,claims
To demand or ask for as one`s own or one`s due; assert one`s right to:
主张,要求:要求或寻求…归为己有;维护自己对…的权利:
例句:
claim a reward.
索求回报
To take in a violent manner as if by right:
索取,夺走:采用一种貌似合理的暴力手段取走:
例句:
a hurricane that claimed two lives.
飓风夺走了两个生命
To state to be true, especially when open to question; assert or maintain:
断言,宣称:声称正确,尤指面对质疑时;极力主张或坚持:
例句:
claimed he had won the race; a candidate claiming many supporters.
断言他赢得了比赛;宣称有许多支持者的候选人
To deserve or call for; require:
应该得到或要求;需要:
例句:
problems that claim her attention.
应该得到她注意的问题
n.(名词)
A demand for something as rightful or due.
要求:凭权利或预约要求得到某事物
A basis for demanding something; a title or right.
要求权:要求某事物的基础;凭证或权利
Something claimed in a formal or legal manner, especially a tract of public land staked out by a miner or homesteader.
申请产权:以正常或合法的方式提出的对某事物的要求,尤指矿工或定居移民用桩围起的一块公共土地
A demand for payment in accordance with an insurance policy or other formal arrangement.
索赔:遵照保险单或其它正规约定的赔偿要求
The sum of money demanded.
赔款:要求得到的金额
A statement of something as a fact; an assertion of truth:
主张:声明某事为事实;断言真实:
例句:
makes no claim to be a cure.
不能断言为有效对策
<习惯用语>lay claim to
To assert one`s right to or ownership of.
坚持对…的权利或对…的所有权
来源:
Middle English claimen
中古英语 claimen
from Old French clamer claim-
源自 古法语 clamer claim-
from Latin cl3m3re [to call] * see kel…- 2
源自 拉丁语 cl3m3re [叫喊] *参见 kel…- 2
【引伸】
claim.able
adj.(形容词)
claim.er
n.(名词)
<参考词汇><同义词>claim,pretense,pretension,titleThe central meaning shared by these nouns is .a legitimate or asserted right to demand something as one`s rightful due.:
这些名词共有的中心意思是.要求把某种事物归为个人有权拥有的一种合法或声明的权利.:
例句:
had a strong legal claim to the property;
对财产强烈的合法要求;
例句:
makes no pretense to scholarliness;
不以学问精深而自居;
例句:
pretensions to the chairmanship unjustified in every particular;
在每一方面都未被证明配得上做主席;
例句:
has no title to our thanks. See also Synonyms at demand
无资格得到我们的感谢 参见同义词 demand