claim
英 [kle?m]
美[klem]
- vi. 提出要求
- vt. 要求；聲稱；需要；認領
- n. 要求；聲稱；索賠；斷言；值得
GRETOEFLCET4TEM4IELTS考研CET6基本詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?claims;第三人稱單數:?claims;過去式:?claimed;過去分詞:?claimed;現在分詞:?claiming;
中文詞源
claim 聲稱
來自PIE*kele,叫，呼喊，詞源同call,clamor.
英文詞源
- claim
- claim: [13] The etymological notion behind claim is of ‘calling out’. It comes from claim-, the present stem of Old French clamer, which goes back to Latin clāmāre ‘cry out, shout’ (whose derived noun clāmor is the source of English clamour [14]). Relatives of clāmāre include clārus (source of English clear) and possibly callāre ‘call out’ (whence English council); and it formed the basis of the English verbs acclaim, exclaim, and proclaim (their spelling was altered through association with claim).
These words’ ultimate source was the onomatopoeic Indo- European base *klā-, which also produced low ‘make the noise characteristic of cattle’.
=> acclaim, clamour, clear, council, exclaim, low, proclaim - claim (v.)
- c. 1300, "to call, call out; to ask or demand by virtue of right or authority," from accented stem of Old French clamer "to call, name, describe; claim; complain; declare," from Latin clamare "to cry out, shout, proclaim," from PIE *kele- (2) "to shout," imitative (compare Sanskrit usakala "cock," literally "dawn-calling;" Latin calare "to announce solemnly, call out;" Middle Irish cailech "cock;" Greek kalein "to call," kelados "noise," kledon "report, fame;" Old High German halan "to call;" Old English hlowan "to low, make a noise like a cow;" Lithuanian kalba "language"). Related: Claimed; claiming.
Meaning "to maintain as true" is from 1864; specific sense "to make a claim" (on an insurance company) is from 1897. Claim properly should not stray too far from its true meaning of "to demand recognition of a right." - claim (n.)
- early 14c., "a demand of a right; right of claiming," from Old French claime "claim, complaint," from clamer (see claim (v.)). Meaning "thing claimed or demanded" is from 1792; specifically "piece of land allotted and taken" (chiefly U.S. and Australia, in reference to mining) is from 1851. Insurance sense is from 1878.
雙語例句
- 1. Jane is determined to stake her claim as an actress.
- 簡決心主張自己作為一名女演員的權利。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. You must claim your prize by telephoning our claims line.
- 您必須通過撥打我們的領獎電話來領取獎品。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Television censors are cutting out scenes which they claim may offend.
- 電視節目審查官正在剪掉他們稱有可能會令人反感的一些鏡頭。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Millions of householders are eligible to claim the new council tax benefit.
- 數百萬房主都有資格申請新的市政稅優惠。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Coleman has never wavered in his claim that he is innocent.
- 科爾曼堅稱他是無辜的。
來自柯林斯例句
