Claim

(noun.) demand for something as rightful or due; 'they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day'.

(noun.) an informal right to something; 'his claim on her attentions'; 'his title to fame'.

(noun.) an assertion of a right (as to money or property); 'his claim asked for damages'.

(noun.) an assertion that something is true or factual; 'his claim that he was innocent'; 'evidence contradicted the government's claims'.

(verb.) take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; 'the accident claimed three lives'; 'The hard work took its toll on her'.

(verb.) assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing; 'He claimed that he killed the burglar'.

(verb.) lay claim to; as of an idea; 'She took credit for the whole idea'.

(verb.) ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example; 'They claimed on the maximum allowable amount'.

(verb.) demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to; 'He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter'; 'Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident'.

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• So the world was kind enough to call him; and so he was, if more than twenty years of residence gave him a claim to the title. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• It was therefore from the beginning a divided thing of uncertain power, a claim and an argument rather than a necessary reality. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• No father could claim the gratitude of his child so completely as I should deserve their's. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Art cannot claim to be on a level with philosophy or religion, and may often corrupt them. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• The reader will naturally be disposed to ask whether it is intended to claim that Edison has brought about all this magnificent growth of the electric-lighting art. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• He is, in my judgment, the fourth smartest man in London, and for daring I am not sure that he has not a claim to be third. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Oh, don't suppose that I claim attention for My humble words! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• For a short while the world outside of Menlo Park held Edison's claims in derision. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Superiority of birth supposes an ancient superiority of fortune in the family of the person who claims it. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Graham, however, must go: his was a profession whose claims are neither to be ignored nor deferred. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Society has claims on us all; and I profess myself one of those who consider intervals of recreation and amusement as desirable for everybody. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• I only wonder that our claims, contending against the superior claims of Mr and Mrs Boffin, had any weight. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Italy claims the honour among European nations of first introducing a machine for sowing grain. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• For if it were, its claims would be incomparable, imperative. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Pardon me, Miss Halcombe, he said, still keeping his hand over his face, pardon me if I remind you that I have claimed no such right. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Men began to doubt whether the new engine could ever be made to accomplish what Watt claimed for it, but although he realized the difficulties the inventor would not allow himself to doubt. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The embodiment of such compounds in the little copper caps was made about 1818, and has been claimed by various parties. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• It is true the Confederates had, so far, held their capital, and they claimed this to be their sole object. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The air they claimed too, shared it up, parcelled it out to certain owners, they trespassed in the air to fight for it. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• But the two central figures claimed all my attention. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The box, when claimed, to be only given up by Messrs. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I shall not commit myself by claiming more than she may chuse to allow. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• I say nothing of his plea for claiming my confidence. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• The proprietor visited Washington while I was President to get his pay for this property, claiming that it was private. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• On his claiming my promise, I told him I did not dance. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The customs officers immediately began to levy the duty on the products of Arkwright’s mills, claiming that the goods were in reality calicoes, although they were made in England. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• But the workers in cheap clothing shops organized to prevent the introduction of the machines, claiming that they would destroy their livelihood. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• On the whole a most pleasant face to look atespecially for, those claiming a right to that youth's affections--parents, for instance, or sisters. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.

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