claim/kleɪm/

vt

1. (根据权利而提出的)要求；认领；索取

• claim a large amount of money against the firm 向公司索赔一大笔钱

• Has anyone claimed the book? 有人来认领这本书吗？

2. 需要；值得

• The problem claimed our undivided attention. 这个问题需要我们密切注意。

3. 声称有；具有

• They have claimed responsibility for the bombing in London. 他们声称对伦敦的爆炸事件负责。

• The city claims the highest jobless rate in the country. 这个城市的失业率是该国最高的。

4. 声称；断言

• She claimed to have told the truth. 她声称她说的是实话。

• Don't claim to know what you don't know. 不要强以不知为知。

5. 以…为其后果

• The war claimed countless lives. 战争夺去了无数人的生命。

vi 提出要求

• He claimed on the insurance after the car accident. 他出了车祸后，向保险公司索取赔偿。