Claim



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 要求或索要;n. 声称拥有的权力
• ［英］ v. 要求或索要 ( request sth ) ;
• ［记］ reclaim ( 开垦荒地) ; acclaim ( 欢呼)

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French claimer, clamer, from Latin clamare to cry out, shout; akin to Latin calare to call — more at low
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. to ask for especially as a right <claimed the inheritance
  • b. to call for ; require <this matter claims our attention
  • c. take 16b <the accident claimed her life
• 2. to take as the rightful owner <went to claim their bags at the station
• 3.
  • a. to assert in the face of possible contradiction ; maintain <claimed that he'd been cheated
  • b. to claim to have <organization…which claims 11,000…members — Rolling Stone
  • c. to assert to be rightfully one's own <claimed responsibility for the attack
• Synonyms: see demand
• ? claimable adjective

II. noun

• Date: 14th century
• 1. a demand for something due or believed to be due n insurance claim
• 2.
  • a. a right to something; specifically a title to a debt, privilege, or other thing in the possession of another
  • b. an assertion open to challenge claim of authenticity
• 3. something that is claimed; especially a tract of land staked out

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