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  • Derivatives : n  claimer ; adj  claimable
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

claim [kleɪm]
  1. 1. vt. (allege) 声称
  2. 2. vt. [+responsibility, credit] (for o.s.) 声称
  3. 3. vt. [+success rate] 自称
    The terrorists claimed responsibility for the bombing.
    恐怖分子声称对这起爆炸事件负责
  4. 4. vt. [+expenses, rights, inheritance] (demand) 要求
    Voluntary workers can claim travelling expenses.
    义工可以申请回交通费。
  5. 5. vt. [+compensation, damages, benefit] 索取
  6. 6. vt. [frm] the disease claimed millions of lives (take) 此病使上百万人丧生
  7. 7. vi. (for insurance) 提出索赔
  8. 8. noun [c] (assertion) 声称
  9. 9. noun (application) (for pension, wage rise, compensation) 索赔
  10. 10. noun (to inheritance, land) 要求
  11. 11. noun (right to demand) 权利
    to claim that...
    声称...
    to claim to be/have sth
    声称是/有某物
    a man claiming to be a journalist
    一位声称记者的人
    to claim {or} make a claim on one's insurance
    提出保险索赔要求
    insurance claim
    保险索赔要求
    to put in a claim for
    [+expenses] 就...提出索赔要求
    to have a claim on sb
    某人要求
    his claim to fame
    出名来由
    to lay claim to sth
    对某物提出所有权要求

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

claim [klem] [kleɪm]
  1. 1. vt. (尤指权利要求要求承认权利头衔成就等);认领索取
    to claim a record in the high jump
    要求承认跳高记录
  2. 2. vt. 需要应受值得
    a problem that claims attention
    需要予以注意问题
  3. 3. vt. [American English] 声称自称宣称主张断言
  4. 4. vt. 导致…的损失(或死亡
  5. 5. vt. 声称有;拥有
  6. 6. noun 根据权利提出的)要求索赔赔款
  7. 7. noun (对某事的)权利(或资格);所有权要求
    her sole claim to fame
    只有她才拥有的享有此项声誉资格
  8. 8. noun 要求东西(如已被垦荒者或矿工划界要求得到土地
  9. 9. noun [American English] 主张断言声言
  10. 10. noun 专利申请
  11. 11. vi. 提出要求
  12. 12. vi. 主张断言
  13. 13. vi. 凭借所有权占有土地

Collins English-English Dictionary

claim [kleɪm]
  1. 1. vb [mainly tr] to demand as being due or as one's property; assert one's title or right to
    he claimed the record
  2. 2. vb [takes a clause as object or an infinitive] to assert as a fact; maintain against denial
    he claimed to be telling the truth
  3. 3. vb to call for or need; deserve
    this problem claims our attention
  4. 4. vb to take
    the accident claimed four lives
  5. 5. n an assertion of a right; a demand for something as due
  6. 6. n an assertion of something as true, real, or factual
    he made claims for his innocence
  7. 7. n a right or just title to something; basis for demand
    a claim to fame
  8. 8. n anything that is claimed, esp in a formal or legal manner, such as a piece of land staked out by a miner
  9. 9. n [law] a document under seal, issued in the name of the Crown or a court, commanding the person to whom it is addressed to do or refrain from doing some specified act - former name writ
  10. 10. n a demand for payment in connection with an insurance policy, etc
  11. 11. n the sum of money demanded
  12. 12. n [Etymology] C13: from Old French claimer to call, appeal, from Latin clamare to shout

Examples

to claim {or} make a claim on one's insurance
提出保险索赔的要求 claim
the allowance of a claim
一个权利的承认 allowance
to claim a record in the high jump
要求承认跳高的记录 claim
her sole claim to fame
只有她才拥有的享有此项声誉的资格 claim
to lay claim to property
宣称对财产拥有所有权 lay
a legitimate claim
合法的要求 legitimate
to prosecute a claim
依法提出要求权 prosecute
evidence to support a claim
证明要求正当的证据 support
She walked onto the stage to claim her prize.
她走上台领了奖。 onto
In such a case, the law permits you to claim damages for various items from the defendant.
在这种情况下,法律允许向被告索取各项损失费用。 permit

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