claims

英 [kleɪmz]

美 [kleɪmz]

v.  宣称; 声称; 断言; 要求(拥有); 索取; 认领; 索要
n.  声明; 宣称; 断言; (尤指对财产、土地等要求拥有的)所有权; (尤指向公司、政府等)索款，索赔
claim的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 声称;断言
  If you say that someoneclaims thatsomething is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
  1. He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him...
     他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。
  2. A man claiming to be a journalist threatened to reveal details about her private life...
     一个自称是记者的人威胁要公开有关她的私生活的细节。
  3. 'I had never received one single complaint against me,' claimed the humiliated doctor...
     “从来没有人投诉过我，”感到受辱的那名医生宣称。
  4. He claims a 70 to 80 per cent success rate.
     他声称成功率有七到八成。
• N-COUNT 声称;断言
  Aclaimis something which someone says which they cannot prove and which may be false.
  1. He repeated his claim that the people of Trinidad and Tobago backed his action...
     他再次声称，特立尼达和多巴哥的人民支持他的行动。
  2. He rejected claims that he had affairs with six women.
     他拒不承认他和6个女人有染的说法。
• VERB 声称(负有责任或享有功劳)
  If you say that someoneclaimsresponsibility or credit for something, you mean they say that they are responsible for it, but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
  1. An underground organisation has claimed responsibility for the bomb explosion...
     一个地下组织已经声称对这起炸弹爆炸事件负责。
  2. He was too modest to claim the credit.
     他太谦逊，不愿意邀功。
• VERB 索取，索要(有权拥有的东西)
  If youclaimsomething, you try to get it because you think you have a right to it.
  1. Now they are returning to claim what was theirs.
     如今他们回来索取本属于他们的东西。
• N-COUNT 主张;要求
  Aclaimis a demand for something that you think you have a right to.
  1. Rival claims to Macedonian territory caused conflict in the Balkans.
     多方主张拥有对马其顿的领土主权，结果在巴尔干地区引发了冲突。
• VERB 取得，获得，赢得(纪录、冠军或奖励)
  If someoneclaimsa record, title, or prize, they gain or win it.
  1. Zhuang claimed the record in 54.64 seconds...
     庄创下了54.64秒的纪录。
  2. Steffi Graf claimed a fourth Wimbledon title in 1992.
     施特菲·格拉芙于1992年第4次赢得温布尔登桂冠。
• N-COUNT 权利;要求权
  If you have aclaim onsomeone or their attention, you have the right to demand things from them or to demand their attention.
  1. She'd no claims on him now...
     现在他不欠她什么了。
  2. He was surrounded by people, all with claims on his attention.
     他被人们团团围住，个个都要他把注意力放在自己身上。
• VERB 需要，要求(花时间或精力)
  If something or someoneclaimsyour attention, they need you to spend your time and effort on them.
  1. There is already a long list of people claiming her attention.
     需要她关注的人已经很多了。
• VERB 索要，索取，申领(钱)
  If youclaimmoney from the government, an insurance company, or another organization, you officially apply to them for it, because you think you are entitled to it according to their rules.
  1. Some 25 per cent of the people who are entitled to claim State benefits do not do so...
     有权申领政府补贴的人当中，约有25%没有提出申请。
  2. John had taken out redundancy insurance but when he tried to claim, he was refused payment...
     约翰办理过失业保险，可是当他去索赔时却遭拒付。
  3. They intend to claim for damages against the three doctors.
     他们打算向那3位医生索要损害赔偿。
  4. Claimis also a noun.
     
  5. ...the office which has been dealing with their claim for benefit...
     受理他们申领补助的办事处
  6. Last time we made a claim on our insurance they paid up really quickly.
     上次我们申领保险赔付的时候，他们给付得非常爽快。
• VERB (向雇主)索要，索取，讨要(钱、福利)
  If youclaimmoney or other benefits from your employers, you demand them because you think you deserve or need them.
  1. The union claimed a pay rise worth four times the rate of inflation.
     工会要求按照通货膨胀率的4倍提高工资。
  2. Claimis also a noun.
     
  3. They are making substantial claims for improved working conditions...
     他们强烈要求改善工作环境。
  4. Electricity workers have voted for industrial action in pursuit of a pay claim.
     电工们已经投票决定采取劳工行动以增加工资。
• VERB (战争、疾病、事故)夺去(生命)，导致(死亡)
  If you say that a war, disease, or accidentclaimssomeone's life, you mean that they are killed in it or by it.
  1. The civil war claimed the life of a U.N. interpreter yesterday...
     昨天，内战夺去了一位联合国译员的生命。
  2. Heart disease is the biggest killer, claiming 180,000 lives a year.
     心脏病是头号杀手，每年夺去18万条生命。
• See also:no claims
• PHRASE 成名之举；成名之作
  Someone'sclaim to fameis something quite important or interesting that they have done or that is connected with them.
  1. Barbara Follett's greatest claim to fame is that she taught Labour MPs how to look good on television.
     芭芭拉·福利特最出名的事就是她教工党议员如何在电视上拥有良好形象。
• PHRASE 声称拥有
  If youlay claim tosomething you do not have, you say that it belongs to you.
  1. Five Asian countries lay claim to the islands.
     5个亚洲国家声称对那些岛屿拥有主权。
• tostake a claim→ see:stake

双语例句

• Both Chile and Argentina feel very strongly about their territorial claims to Antarctica.
  智利和阿根廷对于南极的领土主张都持强硬态度。
• Some companies have toned down the claims on their promotional literature.
  一些公司已降低了宣传资料中标榜之词的调门。
• The fashion business, he claims, not altogether convincingly, is more real than the film business
  他声称时尚业比电影业更真实，但他的话并不完全令人信服。
• The embattled president also denied recent claims that he was being held hostage by his own soldiers.
  焦头烂额的总统还否认了最近有关他被自己的士兵挟持为人质的说法。
• Rival claims to Macedonian territory caused conflict in the Balkans.
  多方主张拥有对马其顿的领土主权，结果在巴尔干地区引发了冲突。
• The shop claims to have sold computers below the manufacturer's cost price for three years.
  该商店自称3年来一直以低于生产成本的价格出售电脑。
• He was surrounded by people, all with claims on his attention.
  他被人们团团围住，个个都要他把注意力放在自己身上。
• Sympathy for the rebels, the government claims, is beginning to fade
  政府宣称，对叛乱分子的同情开始消退。
• The union countered with letters rebutting the company's claims
  工会写信驳回了公司的要求。
• He claims he was made the fall guy for the affair.
  他声称自己是这起事件的替罪羊。