claim

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。

1. VERB 声称;断言
   If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。
   3. '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。
   4. He claims a 70 to 80 per cent success rate.
      他声称成功率有七到八成。
2. N-COUNT 声称;断言
   A claim is something which someone says which they cannot prove and which may be false.
   1. 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。
   2. He rejected claims that he had affairs with six women.
      他拒不承认他和6个女人有染的说法。
3. VERB 声称(负有责任或享有功劳)
   If you say that someone claims responsibility or credit for something, you mean they say that they are responsible for it, but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
   1. 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。
   2. He was too modest to claim the credit.
      他太谦逊，不愿意邀功。
4. VERB 索取，索要(有权拥有的东西)
   If you claim something, you try to get it because you think you have a right to it.
   1. 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。
5. N-COUNT 主张;要求
   A claim is a demand for something that you think you have a right to.
   1. 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。
6. VERB 取得，获得，赢得(纪录、冠军或奖励)
   If someone claims a record, title, or prize, they gain or win it.
   1. Zhuang claimed the record in 54.64 seconds...
      庄创下了54.64秒的纪录。
   2. 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。
7. N-COUNT 权利;要求权
   If you have a claim on someone or their attention, you have the right to demand things from them or to demand their attention.
   1. She'd no claims on him now...
      现在他不欠她什么了。
   2. 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。
8. VERB 需要，要求(花时间或精力)
   If something or someone claims your attention, they need you to spend your time and effort on them.
   1. There is already a long list of people claiming her attention.
      需要她关注的人已经很多了。
9. VERB 索要，索取，申领(钱)
   If you claim money from the government, an insurance company, or another organization, you officially apply to them for it, because you think you are entitled to it according to their rules.
   1. Some 25 per cent of the people who are entitled to claim State benefits do not do so...
      有权申领政府补贴的人当中，约有25%没有提出申请。
   2. 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。
   3. 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。
   4. Claim is also a noun.
      
   5. ...the office which has been dealing with their claim for benefit...
      受理他们申领补助的办事处
   6. Last time we made a claim on our insurance they paid up really quickly.
      上次我们申领保险赔付的时候，他们给付得非常爽快。
10. VERB (向雇主)索要，索取，讨要(钱、福利)
    If you claim money or other benefits from your employers, you demand them because you think you deserve or need them.
    1. 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。
    2. Claim is also a noun.
       
    3. They are making substantial claims for improved working conditions...
       他们强烈要求改善工作环境。
    4. Electricity workers have voted for industrial action in pursuit of a pay claim.
       电工们已经投票决定采取劳工行动以增加工资。
11. VERB (战争、疾病、事故)夺去(生命)，导致(死亡)
    If you say that a war, disease, or accident claims someone's life, you mean that they are killed in it or by it.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
12. See also: no claims
13. PHRASE 成名之举；成名之作
    Someone's claim to fame is something quite important or interesting that they have done or that is connected with them.
    1. 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。
14. PHRASE 声称拥有
    If you lay claim to something you do not have, you say that it belongs to you.
    1. Five Asian countries lay claim to the islands.
       5个亚洲国家声称对那些岛屿拥有主权。
15. to stake a claim → see: stake

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。

  declare announce claim proclaim publish【导航词义：宣布】

  declare v. 宣布，声明

〔辨析〕指公开而郑重地宣布某事，通常用于正式场合。

  announce v. 宣布，宣告

〔辨析〕通常用于正式宣布消息、决定、计划等。

  claim v. 宣称，声称

〔辨析〕指声称拥有某物、某事属实、对某事负责。

  proclaim v. 〈正式〉宣布，宣告

〔辨析〕指官方宣布重大政治事件，如国家独立、国王等的即位。

  publish v. 〈正式〉公布，宣布

〔辨析〕通常用被动语态，指通过报刊或其他媒介向公众公布信息。

  demand ask claim expect【导航词义：要求】

  demand v. 要求

〔辨析〕指强烈要求某事物，尤用于认为自己有权这么做时。

  ask v. 要求

〔辨析〕指要求某人提供帮助、建议、信息等。

  claim v. 要求，索要

〔辨析〕指因有权得到某事物而公开提出要求。

  expect v. 要求，期望

〔辨析〕指出于责任或常理而要求某人做某事，含期待之意。

claim sth↔back

1. 索回；要回
   to ask or demand to have sth returned because you have a right to it

n.

claim to fame

• 一举出名的事；成名的一件事
  one thing that makes a person or place important or interesting
  1. His main claim to fame is that he went to school with the Prime Minister.
     他的出名主要是因为他曾经是首相的中学同学。

have a claim on sb

• 对某人有…的要求权
  to have the right to demand time, attention, etc. from sb

lay claim to sth

• 声称对…的拥有权；提出对…的所有权
  to state that you have a right to own sth

make no claim

• （表示不能做某事）自认为不
  used when you are saying that you cannot do sth
  1. I make no claim to understand modern art.
     我自认为不懂现代艺术。

stake (out) a/your claim (to/for/on sth)

• 公开宣布自己（对某物）的所有权；向公众表示某物应属于自己
  to say or show publicly that you think sth should be yours
  1. Adams staked his claim for a place in the Olympic team with his easy win yesterday.
     亚当斯昨天轻松获胜，这无异于告诉人们奥运代表队中应有他的位置。