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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. 声称
verb [vt. 及物动词] 声称，断言；索取，索要（钱）；要求（拥有），认领；使丧生，致命；赢得，获得；值得，需要（花时间或精力）
He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him. 他声称这完全是一个针对他的阴谋。
noun [抽象名词] 声称，断言；索要，索赔；权利，所有权；要求得到的土地使用权；专利新特征申明
Last time we made a claim on our insurance, they paid up really quickly. 上次我们依据保险提出索赔时，他们赔付得很快。
- claim 出现在下面的课文中（提供视频、音频及笔记等可系统性学习）
- Lesson 58 A blessing in disguise? claim 动词: 以…为其后果
- Lesson 82 Monster or fish? claim 动词: 声称
- Episode 7 Man's Best Friend ACT II claim 动词: 认领
- Lesson 43 Fully insured
- Lesson 8 Trading standards
- Episode 7 Man's Best Friend ACT III
本身为词根， 意为“大声呼喊” → 要求； 声称
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- The civil war claimed the life of a U.N. interpreter yesterday. 昨天内战夺走了一位联合国译员的生命。
- An underground organization has claimed responsibility for the bomb explosion. 一个地下组织已声称对炸弹爆炸事件负责。
- Rival claims to Macedonian territory caused conflict in the Balkans. 对马其顿领土的争夺导致了巴尔干地区的冲突
- There is already a long list of people claiming her attention. 已经有太多人需要她的关注了。
- The union claimed a raise worth four times the rate of inflation. 工会要求增长4倍于通货膨胀率的工资。
- He repeated his claim that the people of Trinidad and Tobago backed his action. 他再三重复他所声称的：特立尼达和多巴哥的人民支持他的行动。
- Now they are returning to claim what was theirs. 现在他们回来索要原本属于他们的东西。
- Some 25 percent of the people who are entitled to claim benefits do not do so. 大约25℅有资格索赔的人没有那样做。
以…为其后果
claim = take 拿, 索取
claim 可以表示（疾病、意外等）夺去（生命）
- The accident claimed a few lives.
① vt. &vi.（对……）提出要求，认领，索取
- Has anyone claimed the child/wallet?
② vt. 声称，断言
- They claim to have seen monsters in the sea.
- He claimed that Tom had stolen his wallet.