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VERB
聲稱;斷言
If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
例句
He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him...
他聲稱這一切都是一場針對他的陰謀。
A man claiming to be a journalist threatened to reveal details about her private life...
一個自稱是記者的人威脅要公開有關她的私生活的細節。
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N-COUNT
聲稱;斷言
A claim is something which someone says which they cannot prove and which may be false.
例句
He repeated his claim that the people of Trinidad and Tobago backed his action...
他再次聲稱，特立尼達和多巴哥的人民支持他的行動。
He rejected claims that he had affairs with six women.
他拒不承認他和6個女人有染的說法。
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VERB
聲稱(負有責任或享有功勞)
If you say that someone claims responsibility 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.
例句
An underground organisation has claimed responsibility for the bomb explosion...
一個地下組織已經聲稱對這起炸彈爆炸事件負責。
He was too modest to claim the credit.
他太謙遜，不愿意邀功。
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VERB
索取，索要(有權擁有的東西)
If you claim something, you try to get it because you think you have a right to it.
例句
Now they are returning to claim what was theirs.
如今他們回來索取本屬于他們的東西。
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N-COUNT
主張;要求
A claim is a demand for something that you think you have a right to.
例句
Rival claims to Macedonian territory caused conflict in the Balkans.
多方主張擁有對馬其頓的領土主權，結果在巴爾干地區引發了沖突。
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VERB
取得，獲得，贏得(紀錄、冠軍或獎勵)
If someone claims a record, title, or prize, they gain or win it.
例句
Zhuang claimed the record in 54.64 seconds...
莊創下了54.64秒的紀錄。
Steffi Graf claimed a fourth Wimbledon title in 1992.
施特菲·格拉芙于1992年第4次贏得溫布爾登桂冠。
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N-COUNT
權利;要求權
If you have a claim on someone or their attention, you have the right to demand things from them or to demand their attention.
例句
She'd no claims on him now...
現在他不欠她什么了。
He was surrounded by people, all with claims on his attention.
他被人們團團圍住，個個都要他把注意力放在自己身上。
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VERB
需要，要求(花時間或精力)
If something or someone claims your attention, they need you to spend your time and effort on them.
例句
There is already a long list of people claiming her attention.
需要她關注的人已經很多了。
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VERB
索要，索取，申領(錢)
If you claim money 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.
例句
Some 25 per cent of the people who are entitled to claim State benefits do not do so...
有權申領政府補貼的人當中，約有25%沒有提出申請。
John had taken out redundancy insurance but when he tried to claim, he was refused payment...
約翰辦理過失業保險，可是當他去索賠時卻遭拒付。
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VERB
(向雇主)索要，索取，討要(錢、福利)
If you claim money or other benefits from your employers, you demand them because you think you deserve or need them.
例句
The union claimed a pay rise worth four times the rate of inflation.
工會要求按照通貨膨脹率的4倍提高工資。
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VERB
(戰爭、疾病、事故)奪去(生命)，導致(死亡)
If you say that a war, disease, or accident claims someone's life, you mean that they are killed in it or by it.
例句
The civil war claimed the life of a U.N. interpreter yesterday...
昨天，內戰奪去了一位聯合國譯員的生命。
Heart disease is the biggest killer, claiming 180,000 lives a year.
心臟病是頭號殺手，每年奪去18萬條生命。
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PHRASE
成名之舉；成名之作
Someone's claim to fame is something quite important or interesting that they have done or that is connected with them.
例句
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黨議員如何在電視上擁有良好形象。
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PHRASE
聲稱擁有
If you lay claim to something you do not have, you say that it belongs to you.
例句
Five Asian countries lay claim to the islands.
5個亞洲國家聲稱對那些島嶼擁有主權。