简单释义：

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n. 索赔；宣称；声明；断言

v. 声称；宣称；认领；索取

网络 要求；主张

变形：

第三人称单数：claims  现在分词：claiming  过去式：claimed  

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完整释义：

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n.

1.索偿;索赔案
2.(根据权利而提出的)要求,请求;认领,索取
3.要求权;要求物;(矿区等的)申请购买地
4.主张,断言,声称,自称
5.结论;评论,说法
6.权利;债权;所有权
7.采矿权申请书
8.(应得的)权利;(…的)资格
9.论点
10.胃口

v.

1.主张,断言;声称,自称;要求承认
2.要求(应得权利)
3.〔罕用语〕要求赔偿损失
4.要求;要求获得
5.声言,扬言,声称;自称
6.认为,主张;表示,指出,宣布
7.占,占据;享有
8.理应获得,值得(重视等),需要(注意等),赢得
9.肯定,断言
10.自恃

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例句：

1. He said he would like to see other data besides images to support the claim that there was actually a lake.
   他表示，除了火星图象外，对于火星上确实有湖的说法，他还愿意看到支持这种说法的其它数据。

2. My vehemence , the tone of my demand, impatient and full of anger, lent me an air of justification, the advantage of a well founded claim.
   我的激烈，说出要求时不耐烦又充满怒意的语气，提供给我一种拥有正当理由的气势，一个能提出站得住脚的索求的有利地位。

3. Uniqlo is marketing a new line of products that claim to help wearers burn more calories from just suiting up in the T-shirt and underpants.
   它正在推销一个新的产品系列，据说，简单地套上这个系列的T恤或内裤，就可以消耗掉更多热量。

4. The buyer is not deprived of any right he may have to claim damages by exercising his right to other remedies.
   买方可能享有的要求损害赔偿的任何权利，不因他行使采取其它补救办法的权利而丧失。

5. High Court in London has ruled the two Caribbean registered investment funds are entitled to claim payment of a large debt owed by Liberia.
   伦敦高级法院裁决，两家加勒比海注册的投资基金有权向利比里亚追讨巨额债务。

6. I said 'This is not your kid. This is God's kid. And I can claim as much as you can claim.
   他不是你的孩子，而是神的孩子。对他，我与你有同样的权利。

7. The U. S. -based SITE Institute, which tracks militant postings, said the claim by the group appeared authentic.
   喜欢追踪好战分子的美国SITE研究所说集团的声明是很有可信度的。

8. Although I can't claim that this was the fastest growth period in history. . .
   虽然不能说这是历史上发展最快的时期…