claim

【发音】

美 /klem/ 英 /kleɪm/

【翻译】

1. vt.声称，主张；对…提出要求，索取；以…为其成果；需要，值得

   英释:to state that something is true, even though it has not been proved

2. n. 要求， 认领， 索赔； 声称； 断言

   英释:a statement that something is true, even though it has not been proved

【记忆】

本身为词根， 意为“大叫” → 声称； 要求

【短语】

1. claim for : 要求；索取

2. claim for compensation : 索赔

3. lay claim to : 要求；自以为

4. make a claim : 索赔；对…提出要求

5. lodge a claim : 提出索赔

6. right of claim : 请求权；求偿权

7. insurance claim : 保险索赔

8. residual claim : 剩余权益；[经]剩余索偿权

9. baggage claim : 行李认领；领取行李；取行李处

10. claim damages : 要求损害赔偿

11. claim form : 索赔申请表；催询单；催缺通函

12. claim compensation : 要求赔偿

13. contingent claim : 未定权益；或有求偿权；附带要求

14. claim tag : n. 行李票

15. file a claim : 提出索赔

16. have a claim on : 有对…的要求权

17. claim for damage : 由于损坏而索赔；赔偿损害要求

18. independent claim : [法律]独立请求书

19. claim indemnity : 索赔

20. false claim : [经]无根据的债权

【例句】

1. I don’t claim to be a feminist, but I’d like to see more women in top jobs.

   我不会自称是女权主义者，但我希望看到更多的女性担任高职。

2. Opposition leaders will claim victory if the turnout is lower than 50%.

   如果投票率低于 50%，反对党领袖将宣布获胜。

【真题例句】

1. (2015.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...something a bit closer to Marcus Cicero's claim that one should criticize by creation...

2. (2014.6 • CET4 • 第一套 • 听力题)...They hoped to challenge the claim that he never slept...

3. (2014.12 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...a homemaker had no legal claim on the earnings of her husband...

4. (2014.12 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...Today a similar mortgage would claim more than twice that share of his monthly earnings...

5. (2014.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...every generation has a claim to having been most injured...

6. (2011.6 • CET4 • • 听力题)...Several of the employees in the computer department claim to be developing vision problems from having to stare at a video display terminal for about 7 hours a day...

【同、近义词】

1. vt.要求；声称；需要；认领

   exact/say/lack/desire/call for/

2. n.要求；声称；[贸易]索赔；断言；值得

   requirement/do/assurance/need/desire/

【同根词】

1. n

   claimant : 原告；[贸易] 索赔人；提出要求者