Claim

[kleɪm] or [klem]

解释:

(noun.) demand for something as rightful or due; 'they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day'.

(noun.) an informal right to something; 'his claim on her attentions'; 'his title to fame'.

(noun.) an assertion of a right (as to money or property); 'his claim asked for damages'.

(noun.) an assertion that something is true or factual; 'his claim that he was innocent'; 'evidence contradicted the government's claims'.

(verb.) take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; 'the accident claimed three lives'; 'The hard work took its toll on her'.

(verb.) assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing; 'He claimed that he killed the burglar'.

(verb.) lay claim to; as of an idea; 'She took credit for the whole idea'.

(verb.) ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example; 'They claimed on the maximum allowable amount'.

(verb.) demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to; 'He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter'; 'Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident'.

手打:莉莲--From WordNet

解释:

(v./.) To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due.

(v./.) To proclaim.

(v./.) To call or name.

(v./.) To assert; to maintain.

(v. i.) To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.

(n.) A demand of a right or supposed right; a calling on another for something due or supposed to be due; an assertion of a right or fact.

(n.) A right to claim or demand something; a title to any debt, privilege, or other thing in possession of another; also, a title to anything which another should give or concede to, or confer on, the claimant.

(n.) The thing claimed or demanded; that (as land) to which any one intends to establish a right; as a settler's claim; a miner's claim.

(n.) A loud call.

整理:朱莉安娜

同义词及近义词：

v. a. Require, ask, demand, challenge, call for.

v. n. Derive a right, obtain a title.

n. [1]. Demand, call, requisition.[2]. Right, pretension, title, privilege.

录入:索菲娅

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Assertion, vindication, pretension, title, right, privilege, arrogation,demand

ANT:Waiving, abjuration, disclaimer, surrender

SYN:Demand, ask, require, insist, pretense, right, privilege, title, request,maintain

ANT:Forego, waive, disclaim, abjure, disavow, abandon, concede, surrender, repudiate

录入:帕特里斯

解释:

v.t. to call for: to demand as a right.—n. a demand for something supposed due: right or ground for demanding: the thing claimed.—adj. Claim′able that can be claimed.—n. Claim′ant one who makes a claim.—Lay claim to to assert a right.

编辑:玛杰里