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claim

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claim1 /kleɪm/ ●●● S1 W1 verb
1  truth 事實 [transitiveT]SAY/STATE to state that something is true, even though it has not been proved 聲稱；斷言；主張
claim (that)
The product claims that it can make you thin without dieting.
該産品聲稱不節食也可讓你瘦下來。
claim to do/be something
No responsible therapist will claim to cure your insomnia.
任何一位負責任的治療專家都不會斷言可以治好你的失眠症。
I don’t claim to be a feminist, but I’d like to see more women in top jobs.
我不會自稱是女權主義者，但我希望看到更多的女性擔任高職。
claim to have done something
The girls claim to have seen the fairies.
這些女孩聲稱看到了仙女。
claim responsibility/credit (for something) (=say officially that you are responsible for something that has happened) 聲稱（對某事）負責
The group claimed responsibility for the bombings.
該組織聲稱對這些爆炸事件負責。
Opposition leaders will claim victory if the turnout is lower than 50%.
如果投票率低於 50%，反對黨領袖將宣布獲勝。
claim somebody/something as something
A letter appeared in ‘The Times’ claiming Fleming as the discoverer of penicillin.
《泰晤士報》上刊登了一封信，稱弗萊明是青黴素的發現者。
n Grammar
In more formal English, you say it is claimed that something is true:
It has been claimed that he was difficult to work with.
2  money 錢 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]ASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO something to officially demand or receive money from an organization because you have a right to it 索要，索取
claim something back
He should be able to claim the price of the ticket back.
他應該能夠要回票款。
claim on British EnglishBrE
You can claim on the insurance if you have an accident while on holiday.
如果度假期間遭遇事故，可向保險公司索賠。
claim benefit/an allowance/damages etc
If you’re still not satisfied, you may be able to claim compensation.
如果你仍覺得不滿意，可以要求賠償。
3  legal right 合法權利 [transitiveT]SAY/STATE to state that you have a right to take or have something that is legally yours 對…宣示所有權；認領
The majority of those who claim asylum are genuine refugees.
那些申請政治庇護的人大多數都是真正的難民。
Lost property can be claimed between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
請於上午10點至下午4點認領失物。
4  death 死亡 [transitiveT]DIE if a war, accident etc claims lives, people die because of it – used especially in news reports 〔戰爭、事故等〕奪去〔生命，尤用於新聞報道〕
The earthquake has so far claimed over 3,000 lives.
到目前爲止這場地震已經奪去了3,000多人的生命。
5  attention 注意 [transitiveT]ATTENTION if something claims your attention, you notice and consider it carefully 獲得；吸引〔關注〕
The military conflict continues to claim our undivided attention.
這次軍事沖突仍然值得我們全力去關注。
n COLLOCATIONS
nouns
claim responsibility (=say that you are responsible for something bad)
Following the attack, a man phoned a newspaper claiming responsibility.
claim credit (=say that you are responsible for something good)
Political parties always claim credit for economic growth.
claim victory (=say that you are the winner)
The election results were in and the president was able to claim victory.
claim descent (=say that you are related to someone important who lived a long time ago)
He claimed descent from Beethoven.
adverbs
wrongly/rightly
This hotel can rightly claim that it has some of the best views on the island.
falsely/rightfully (=wrongly/rightly)
Some manufacturers falsely claim that their products are environmentally friendly.
justifiably (=with good reasons)
They can justifiably claim to be the top team in the country.
n THESAURUS
claim to say that something is true, even though it has not been proved
He claims that he didn’t see anything.
She claims to be a descendant of Charles Dickens.
allege to claim that someone did something wrong or illegal, although you do not give any proof
It is alleged that he murdered his wife.
Patients allege that the two firms failed to warn doctors about the dangers of taking the drugs over a long period.
maintain to repeatedly say that something is true, especially when other people do not believe you
He continued to maintain his innocence, even after he was sent to prison.
My mother always maintains that I learned to talk at six months.
insist to say very firmly that something is true
She insists that Tom was there, although he denies it.
Turkey insists that there is more than enough water in the two rivers for all three countries.
assert formal to state that something is true – used especially in formal writing when reporting someone’s opinion
They assert that children work better on their own.
The Environment Minister asserted that one third of the country’s cities had major pollution problems.
contend formal to claim that something is true, especially when other people disagree with you
Lawyers contend that his back problems were due to an existing injury, not the accident.
It is possible, as Kennedy contends, that her medical condition is caused by her work.
Examples from the Corpus
claim• The 12-year-old civil war had claimed 1.5 million lives.• The two companies are claiming $500 million each in damages from the government.• Congress intends to make welfare harder to claim.• Lost items can be claimed between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.• Kashmir is claimed by both India and Pakistan.• Because the accident had not been her fault, Barbara was able to claim damages.• He claimed he was inside for not paying his poll tax.• No one has yet claimed responsibility for planting the bomb.• She claimed she was fired from her job for being pregnant.• Martin claimed that he was with friends at the time of his wife's murder.• Euro Disney claims that one of its tour operators has sold 70 percent of its first three months of Euro Disney allocations.• The prosecution had claimed that the furniture factory boss resolved to kill his second wife Helen when she walked out on him.• Not even the most unreconstructed Keynesian would ever claim that the General Theory was an easy read.• Thousands of people who should get welfare payments never even bother to claim them.• At Tiverton in 1809 they had claimed they had received the same rate for 300 years!• She claims to be a descendent of Charles Dickens.• She claimed to be doing it only for Jeeta, but there was real, wilful contrariness in it, I suspected.• He carried a heavy lad one day, claiming to be weighted by the problems of the world.• Doctors claim to have discovered a cure for the disease.• Yardley was proud that he was one of the few bowlers who could claim to have dismissed Bradman three times in Tests.
claim (that)• First, a band of men order Murieta to leave his claim.• Laub claimed a third at 1735.• The rest of the statement of claim does not make matters much clearer.• Three years ago, a reader complained to Chicago Sun-Times columnist Diane Crowley about the claiming of spots.• Deleage sued Saab after a June 1992 fire that he claimed originated in a faulty fuse box.• She claims she has been forced to wait for him to call her from phone boxes.• The report claims that 78% of male high school students have used illegal drugs.• Lozano had claimed that the motorcycle was aimed at him, and that he had no time to leap out of the way.• We understand this person claims to have been stiffed on past bills by certain savvy political types.
claim benefit/an allowance/damages etc• Registered blind people can claim an allowance of £1,080 a year.
claim asylum• As far asI know he has no passport, so I suppose he will claim asylum.
Related topics: Law
claim2 ●●● S2 W1 noun [countableC]
1  STATEMENTtruth 事實SAY/STATE a statement that something is true, even though it has not been proved 聲稱，指稱
claim that
Gould rejected claims that he had acted irresponsibly.
古爾德否認了他的行爲不負責任的說法。
false/extravagant/dubious etc claims
firms that make false claims about their products
對自己産品作出虛假宣傳的公司
They made claims they couldn’t live up to.
他們給出了自己無法兌現的斷言。
the competing claims of scientists
科學家們各執一詞的說法
dispute/deny/reject a claim
The police denied claims that the men were tortured.
警方否認這些人曾受嚴刑拷打的說法。
Evidence to support these claims is still lacking.
仍然缺乏支持這些說法的證據。
claim to do/be something
his claim to be the rightful owner of the painting
他自稱是這幅畫合法擁有者的說法
I make no claim to understand the complexities of the situation.
我不敢說自己了解形勢的複雜性。
2  MONEYmoney 錢
a) RIGHT/HAVE THE RIGHT TOan official request for money that you think you have a right to 〔根據權利而提出的〕要求，索賠
claim for
claims for compensation
賠償的要求
reject/uphold/lose etc a claim
He lost his claim for unfair dismissal.
他以受到不公正辭退提出的賠償要求被拒絕了。
make/put in/file a claim
All claims should be made in writing.
所有的索賠都應以書面形式提出。
pay/wage claim (=a request from workers for more money) 提高工資的要求
Fill in and return the claim form as soon as it arrives.
收到索賠申請表後請盡快填妥寄回。
b) MONEYthe sum of money you request when you make a claim 索賠金額
The insurance company cannot meet (=pay) such enormous claims.
保險公司無法支付如此巨額的索賠。
3  TO OWN OR TAKE somethingRIGHT/HAVE THE RIGHT TOrights 權利 a right to do something or to have something, especially because it belongs to you or because you deserve it 權利；所有權；要求權
claim to/on
Surely they have a rightful claim on their father’s land?
他們當然有權要求得到父親的土地吧？
The Maldives pressed its claim to hold the summit.
馬爾代夫一再要求主辦這場峰會。
Philip feared Edward would lay claim to the Scottish crown.
菲利普擔心愛德華會主張自己繼承蘇格蘭王位的權利。
the competing claims of parents and teachers
家長和教師各執一詞的說法
have a claim on somebody’s time/attention etc
A woman who has given a man children will always have a claim on his love.
一個女人給男人生了孩子，就會永遠有權得到他的愛。
4  stake your claim (for something) RIGHT/HAVE THE RIGHT TOto say that you have a right to own or do something, especially when other people also say they have a right to it 聲稱（對某物）擁有所有權〔尤指當别人也同時作出相同的聲明時〕
Tickets are on a ‘first come, first served’ basis, so stake your claim now.
票“先到先得”，欲購從速。
Examples from the Corpus
stake your claim (for something)• Other fish may have already staked their claim to other hiding places in your aquarium.• Families were already staking their claims on the beach; children were digging eagerly as terriers, spraying sand all around them.• Shastri died in 1966, and Indira Gandhi staked her claim.• Honor had been satisfied; each group had staked its claim to its own territory.• If you want him, stake your claim.• Those undertaking the drainage were quick to stake their claim to the best bits of land.• Before we staked our claim to our own windward isle, there was something I wanted to see first.
5  somebody’s/something’s claim to fame FAMOUSa place or person’s claim to fame is the reason why they are famous – often used humorously to mention something that is not very important 某人/某物出名的原因〔常爲幽默用法，指實際上並不怎麽重要的原因〕
My main claim to fame is that I once shook Madonna’s hand.
我出名主要是因爲我和麥當娜握過一次手。
Examples from the Corpus
somebody’s/something’s claim to fame• Lane is a Broadway actor whose main claim to fame was his role as the voice of Timon in "The Lion King."• But their true calling, and claim to fame, is medicine.• His main claim to fame was that he made the Chiquita guitar that Billy Gibbons endorsed about ten, fifteen years ago.• It's a small, ordinary little village, its only claim to fame the castle, and the burial mounds.• It has no present claim to fame and its longest guidebook entry are the words in Domesday.• On this fact rests Blackpool's claim to fame.• That is his principal claim to fame.• Unlike the chocolate of the film, this is the village's claim to fame.
6. LANDSCLland 土地 something such as a piece of land that contains valuable minerals 要求得到的東西〔如含有貴重礦産的土地等〕
n COLLOCATIONS
adjectives
false
His claims were later found to be false.
unfounded/unsubstantiated (=not based on truth or evidence)
These claims of discrimination are completely unfounded.
extravagant claims (=clearly not true)
Some manufacturers make extravagant claims for their products.
competing claims
the competing claims of the political parties
conflicting claims (=saying that different things are true)
The reports contained conflicting claims of the number of people killed.
verbs
make a claim
He made extravagant claims about the benefits of the diet.
deny a claim (=say it is not true)
Government officials denied claims that the country possessed chemical weapons.
dispute/reject a claim (=say it is not true)
The prime minister rejected claims of a disagreement within his party.
support a claim
The court found no evidence to support her claim.
back up a claim (=support it)
They challenged him to back up his claims with evidence.
accept a claim
Many scientists were reluctant to accept his claims.
challenge a claim (=say that you do not believe it is true)
Washington continued to challenge the claim that global warming is partly caused by carbon dioxide.
investigate a claim
Detectives are investigating claims that the two officials took bribes.
 THESAURUS
claim a statement that something is true, even though it has not been proved 聲稱
It is difficult to believe some of the manufacturer's claims for its products.
生産商對其産品的一些宣傳讓人難以相信。
allegation a statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal, but that has not been proved 〔無證據的〕聲稱,指控
He has strongly denied the allegations of sexual harassment.
他竭力否認性騷擾指控。
assertion formal something that you say or write that you strongly believe 斷言
the assertion that house prices are falling
房價在下跌的斷言
contention formal a strong opinion that someone expresses 〔強烈的〕觀點
Her main contention is that doctors should do more to encourage healthy eating.
她的主要觀點是醫生應該更多地鼓勵健康的飲食習慣。
Examples from the Corpus
claim• After the fire we made a claim to our insurance company.• Maisha and Tiger meet us outside baggage claim, and Maisha is looking terrific as usual.• They've paid out $30,000 in worker's compensation claims.• One of his more excessive claims was that the abrupt ending of a relationship could be more damaging than bereavement.• Don't believe all of the health claims that are printed on food labels.• His claim to the house was finally recognized by the court.• They have a mining claim on the Salmon River.• No one can dispute the Mohawks' claim to this land.• Have your policy or claim number ready as a reference.• The friar suddenly realised that Cranston's claim that Allingham was murdered was really a piece of pure guesswork on his part.• The local people's claims for compensation from the chemical factory have so far been ignored.• There were no tourism survey results available to support claims that very late hours were needed, he added.• There is no proof of these claims.• These claims are now examined by considering the position of each sector in turn.• Ask for this claim to be investigated, and find out whether anyone has been found responsible and brought to justice.
claim that• However, Dimitrov claimed that Asparukhov's allegations were part of a Zhelev-inspired effort to smear him and his government.• The newspaper's further claim that the police funded an Inkatha rally in January 1991 was later confirmed officially.• Latino politicians claimed that the district boundaries discriminated against them.• An eminent preacher claimed that he could overcome even the worst disaster if he could have fifteen minutes of contemplation.• It's claimed that Honda is turning away job applicants who belong to a union.• She claimed that their action had been ill-considered and ironic coming so soon after the launch of their customer service charter.• There is no evidence to support claims that stolen dogs are being sold for research.• They claim that the dial up approach cuts the cost of two-way motion video by up to 90 percent.• Their strategy was to claim that output targets were unattainable, and not to attain them.
claim for• There has been a rise in claims for unemployment benefits.
claim to/on• Damages Damages may be claimed on their own or in addition to rescission.• This has such a tenuous physical basis that it can hardly account for the results it is claimed to produce.• Opinions that do not claim to be a statement of fact are therefore not covered by this principle.• Results claim to last 12-18 months-a top-up treatment is included in the course, it necessary.• Moses, brought up in the harem, had a special claim to Pharaoh's attention.• Toulouse would be a rich prize and it would have been foolish to allow the claim to drop.• This means simply that the customers have the claim on these deposits and thus the institutions are liable to meet the claims.• Which one of you claims to be the craziest?
From Longman Business Dictionary
claimclaim1 /kleɪm/ noun [countableC]
1COMMERCEa request or demand for money, or the amount of money asked for
The developer made a claim against the owner for extra building costs.
There were very large claims for loss of earnings.
The company finally agreed to settle her claim (=pay it) for damages.
→ expenses claim → pay claim
2 (also insurance claim)INSURANCE a request for a payment for damage, theft, injury etc for which you are insured
Europ Assistance will deal with any claim received from the insured.
This form will be needed should you have to make an insurance claim.
The company’s results included a net gain of $87.3 million from the settlement of insurance claims resulting from the interruption of its operations.
→ see also statement of claim
→ damage claim → exaggerated claim
3LAW a right to have or get something such as land or other assets that belong to you
They have no claim to the property.
→ counter-claim → priority claim
4MARKETING a favourable statement made about a product by its producer that may or may not be true
The company has been forced by the Food and Drug Administration to remove ‘no cholesterol’ claims from its labels.
claimclaim2 verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]
1to officially request, demand, or receive money from an organization
The new rules mean young people between 16 and 18 can no longer claim unemployment benefit.
Alcan claimed damages for the losses that resulted from the government cancelling the project.
2INSURANCE to request money for damage, theft, injury etc for which you are insured
claim (something) on
Can you claim on your household insurance if the tiles on your roof are stolen?
3LAW to state that you have a right to something or to take something that belongs to you
They wanted to expand the golf course on land that Indians had claimed.
Origin claim1
(1300-1400) Old French clamer, from Latin clamare “to cry out, shout”

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