【claim音标】 英[kleɪm] 美[kleɪm]
【单词释义】 claim是什么意思：
vt.宣称；声称；断言；需要；索取
vi.提出要求
n.（根据权利而提出的）要求；声称；断言；索赔
[单词分级] 大学英语四级词汇
[单词复数] claims [第三人称单数] claims
[单词现在分词] claiming
[单词过去式] claimed
[单词过去分词] claimed
【claim形近词/近似词】
acclaim v.称赞；赞扬；为…喝彩 n.[U]赞扬，称誉，高度评价
exclaim v.呼喊；惊叫；大声说
declaim v. 慷慨激昂地宣讲，慷慨陈词
reclaim vt.取回；要求归还；利用，开垦 n.改造；开垦；感化；归还要求
proclaim vt.宣布，宣告，公布；声明；清楚表明，显示
disclaim v.否认，拒绝；放弃，弃权；拒绝承认
disclaimer n.免责声明；弃权声明；否认声明
【近义词解析】
◇ 宣布
announce (v. 宣布，宣告)：通常用于正式宣布消息、决定、计划等。
claim ([四级]v. 宣称，声称)：指声称拥有某物、某事属实、对某事负责。
declare (v. 宣布，声明)：指公开而郑重地宣布某事，通常用于正式场合。
proclaim (v. [六级/考研,正式]宣布，宣告)：指官方宣布重大政治事件，如国家独立、国王等的即位。
publish (v. [正式]公布，宣布)：通常用被动语态，指通过报刊或其他媒介向公众公布信息。
◇ 要求
ask (v. 要求)：指要求某人提供帮助、建议、信息等。The chairman asked for an explanation
claim ([四级]v. 要求，索要)：指因有权得到某事物而公开提出要求。
demand (v. 要求)：指强烈要求某事物，尤用于认为自己有权这么做时。
expect (v. 要求，期望)：指出于责任或常理而要求某人做某事，含期待之意。
【单词例句】
◇ Once, a man made a triangle helicopter out of stainless wires and string. He called us up and merrily claimed it was stable and convenient to use, and never out of order.
有一次，有个人用不锈钢丝和绳子制作了一架三角形的直升飞机。他致电给我们，高兴地声称其确实牢固，而且方便使用，从不发生故障。
---- Strange Patent Applications
◇ Skipping breakfast has long been espoused by celebrities as a diet trick. Joanna Lumley says cutting out breakfast has helped her stay slim in older age. Recently, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said he never eats breakfast, only dinner - and that he skips all food altogether on Saturdays - as part of a routine that he claims is meditative.
不吃早餐一直被一些名人奉为减肥妙招。乔安娜·林莉说，不吃早餐帮助她在年老时还能保持苗条。最近，推特首席执行官杰克·多西说他从不吃早餐，只吃晚餐，而且在周六禁食，这属于其例行冥想的一部分。
---- Skipping breakfast could raise risk of heart disease by 87%
◇ When did sport begin? If sport is, in essence, play, the claim might be made that sport is much older than humankind, for, as we all have observed, the beasts play.
体育运动开始于何时?如果体育运动的本质就是游戏的话，我们就可以宣称体育运动比人类古老，因为正如我们所观察到的，野兽也进行嬉戏。
---- The Origin of Sports
◇ The devil came a third time, but she had wept so long and so much onto the stumps, that they were entirely clean. Then he had to give up, for he had lost all claim to her.
恶魔第三次来到磨房。可是姑娘一直在哭泣，泪水将残肢沖洗得十分洁净。恶魔只好放弃了，而且对姑娘失去了所有权。