首页英语词典claimclaim的意思

claim

英 [kleɪm] 美[klem]

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近义词interest due title right

反义词

vi. 提出要求
vt. 要求；声称；需要；认领
n. 要求；声称；索赔；断言；值得

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词态变化

复数: claims;第三人称单数: claims;过去式: claimed;过去分词: claimed;现在分词: claiming;

中文词源

claim 声称

来自PIE*kele,叫，呼喊，词源同call,clamor.

英英释意

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"

英文词源

claim: claim: [13] The etymological notion behind claim is of ‘calling out’. It comes from claim-, the present stem of Old French clamer, which goes back to Latin clāmāre ‘cry out, shout’ (whose derived noun clāmor is the source of English clamour [14]). Relatives of clāmāre include clārus (source of English clear) and possibly callāre ‘call out’ (whence English council); and it formed the basis of the English verbs acclaim, exclaim, and proclaim (their spelling was altered through association with claim).

These words’ ultimate source was the onomatopoeic Indo- European base *klā-, which also produced low ‘make the noise characteristic of cattle’.
=> acclaim, clamour, clear, council, exclaim, low, proclaim
claim (v.): c. 1300, "to call, call out; to ask or demand by virtue of right or authority," from accented stem of Old French clamer "to call, name, describe; claim; complain; declare," from Latin clamare "to cry out, shout, proclaim," from PIE *kele- (2) "to shout," imitative (compare Sanskrit usakala "cock," literally "dawn-calling;" Latin calare "to announce solemnly, call out;" Middle Irish cailech "cock;" Greek kalein "to call," kelados "noise," kledon "report, fame;" Old High German halan "to call;" Old English hlowan "to low, make a noise like a cow;" Lithuanian kalba "language"). Related: Claimed; claiming.

Meaning "to maintain as true" is from 1864; specific sense "to make a claim" (on an insurance company) is from 1897. Claim properly should not stray too far from its true meaning of "to demand recognition of a right."
claim (n.): early 14c., "a demand of a right; right of claiming," from Old French claime "claim, complaint," from clamer (see claim (v.)). Meaning "thing claimed or demanded" is from 1792; specifically "piece of land allotted and taken" (chiefly U.S. and Australia, in reference to mining) is from 1851. Insurance sense is from 1878.

同义词辨析

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

这些动词均有"要求，请求"之意。

ask：最普通用词，指向对方提出要求或请求，长、晚辈，上下级之间都可使用。

beg：指恳切地或再三地请求或要求，常含低三下四意味，也多用于应酬场合。

demand：一般指理直气壮地提出强烈要求，或坚持不让对方拒绝的要求。

require：强调根据事业、需要或纪律、法律等而提出的要求。

request：正式用词，指非常正式，有礼貌的请求或恳求，多含担心因种种原因对方不能答应的意味。

implore：书面用词，着重指迫切、焦急或痛苦地恳求或哀求，常含较强的感情色彩。

claim：指有权或宣称有权得到而公开提出的要求。

pray：语气庄重，指热情、诚恳和敬祈的要求，现不很常用。

entreat：泛指一般"恳求或哀求"，含企图说服对方或用热烈的请求软化反对意见的意味。

assert, affirm, allege, maintain, testify, claim

这些动词均含有"断言，声称"之意。

assert：主观意味强，指自认为某事就是如此，而不管事实如何。

affirm：侧重在作出断言时表现出的坚定与不可动摇的态度。

allege：多指无真凭实据，不提供证据的断言或宣称。

maintain：与assert近义，但前者指坚决维护某种主张或观点。

testify：多指在法庭作证，庄严地宣称自己所说属实。

claim：可与assert换用，但语气弱一些，侧重指行为自己的权利提出要求他人承认。

考试真题

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

it is claimed to be unintentional.

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.

They hoped to challenge the claim that he never slept.

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.

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.

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."

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

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.

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

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.

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".

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Thecompany claims its motives are essentially public-spirited.

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

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

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

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

Claim compensation from the steel suppliers

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

"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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Consequently, discovery claims should be thought of as protoscience.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Every Justice rightly rejected this remarkable claim.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

词组搭配

claim to fame

a reason for being regarded as unusual or noteworthy

与众不同之处，值得注意之处；成名的原因

the town's only claim to fame is that it is the birthplace of Elgar.
小镇所以成名的惟一原因是它是埃尔加的出生地。

lay claim to

She laid claim to her father's crown.
她根据权利要求继承父亲的王位。

To assert one's right to or ownership of.

坚持对…的权利或对…的所有权

实用场景例句

He claimed political asylum.: 他要求政治避难。

He's not entitled to claim unemployment benefit.: 他无权要求领取失业救济金。

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。

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。

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。

A lot of lost property is never claimed.: 许多失物从未被认领。

He claims (that) he was not given a fair hearing.: 他声称他未得到公正的申述机会。

I don't claim to be an expert.: 我不敢自称为专家。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

She'd no claims on him now...: 现在他不欠她什么了。

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。

There is already a long list of people claiming her attention.: 需要她关注的人已经很多了。

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。

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。

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。

Zhuang claimed the record in 54.64 seconds...: 庄创下了54.64秒的纪录。

He was too modest to claim the credit.: 他太谦逊，不愿意邀功。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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claim to fame

lay claim to

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