Claim
[kleɪm] or [klem]
解釋/意思:
(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
解釋/意思:
(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
同義詞及近義詞：
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.
錄入:索菲娅
同義詞及反義詞：
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
錄入:帕特里斯
解釋/意思:
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.
編輯:玛杰里
例句/造句/用法:
- So the world was kind enough to call him; and so he was, if more than twenty years of residence gave him a claim to the title. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- It was therefore from the beginning a divided thing of uncertain power, a claim and an argument rather than a necessary reality. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- No father could claim the gratitude of his child so completely as I should deserve their's. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- Art cannot claim to be on a level with philosophy or religion, and may often corrupt them. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- The reader will naturally be disposed to ask whether it is intended to claim that Edison has brought about all this magnificent growth of the electric-lighting art. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- He is, in my judgment, the fourth smartest man in London, and for daring I am not sure that he has not a claim to be third. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Oh, don't suppose that I claim attention for My humble words! 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- For a short while the world outside of Menlo Park held Edison's claims in derision. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Superiority of birth supposes an ancient superiority of fortune in the family of the person who claims it. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Graham, however, must go: his was a profession whose claims are neither to be ignored nor deferred. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Society has claims on us all; and I profess myself one of those who consider intervals of recreation and amusement as desirable for everybody. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- I only wonder that our claims, contending against the superior claims of Mr and Mrs Boffin, had any weight. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Italy claims the honour among European nations of first introducing a machine for sowing grain. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- For if it were, its claims would be incomparable, imperative. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Pardon me, Miss Halcombe, he said, still keeping his hand over his face, pardon me if I remind you that I have claimed no such right. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Men began to doubt whether the new engine could ever be made to accomplish what Watt claimed for it, but although he realized the difficulties the inventor would not allow himself to doubt. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The embodiment of such compounds in the little copper caps was made about 1818, and has been claimed by various parties. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- It is true the Confederates had, so far, held their capital, and they claimed this to be their sole object. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The air they claimed too, shared it up, parcelled it out to certain owners, they trespassed in the air to fight for it. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- But the two central figures claimed all my attention. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- The box, when claimed, to be only given up by Messrs. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- I shall not commit myself by claiming more than she may chuse to allow. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- I say nothing of his plea for claiming my confidence. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- The proprietor visited Washington while I was President to get his pay for this property, claiming that it was private. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- On his claiming my promise, I told him I did not dance. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- The customs officers immediately began to levy the duty on the products of Arkwright’s mills, claiming that the goods were in reality calicoes, although they were made in England. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- But the workers in cheap clothing shops organized to prevent the introduction of the machines, claiming that they would destroy their livelihood. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- On the whole a most pleasant face to look atespecially for, those claiming a right to that youth's affections--parents, for instance, or sisters. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
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