1reporting verb State or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof.

“我有资格骄傲，"他自称道。

1. 1.1with object Assert that one has gained or achieved (something)
   声称已获得（某物）
   his supporters claimed victory in the presidential elections

   他的支持者们声称在总统选举中已获胜。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The bitterest military conflict in late twentieth-century Latin American history came to an end with all sides claiming a measure of victory.
   • It set out do something, only to achieve nothing and then claim a victory.
   • His supporters claimed a significant reduction in agrarian crime.
   • Both opponents and supporters of affirmative action claimed victory in the days following the ruling.
   • Artists began to claim the right to suggest their own subject matter, unshackled by scholars or patrons.
   • The UK government is claiming some kind of victory out of a Common Fisheries Policy negotiations which everyone, in the cold light of dawn, admits is the management of extinction by committee.
   • Frankness demands that any scientist claiming an advance in knowledge must set bounds on that claim by pointing out remaining uncertainties and areas of ignorance.
   • His supporters have now claimed victory.
   • His supporters, having claimed victory, were celebrating in the streets Thursday night.
2. 1.2with object Formally request or demand; say that one owns or has earned (something)
   要求；索取；认领
   if no one claims the items, they will become government property

   如果无人认领这些物件，它们就将成为王室（国有）财产。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • If he does, tradition demands that he can claim a seat on the Treasury bench.
   • If your income is less than these amounts and you have savings that earn interest, then you can claim tax back.
   • Less than half of home-owning pensioners are claiming the money they should get.
   • She remained the moving spirit behind the scenes for a long time after she stopped claiming any formal roles or titles.
   • She had claimed Income Support as a single person and had failed to declare her work.
   • The couple were dismayed about waiting so long, and later barged into the hospital with supporters to claim the baby.
   • Self-employed people who work from home could be missing out on significant tax savings by not claiming their full expenses entitlement.
   • Some householders then claim compensation from the council, and the council demands the builder repays that compensation.
   • Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than the 5th of March, 2005.
   • No extra money over and above these costs can be claimed.
   • They would compete against each other in its discovery, to gain knowledge and claim new territory.
   • What happens to those who have rights but who cannot articulate them, or assert them, or claim them?
   • The allegations against him go further, suggesting he is claiming money from the fees office to pay the costs of care for his disabled sister.
   • The laws apply to anyone who claims asylum once in Britain, instead of at a port of entry.
   • This has led some to believe that it is essential to gain entry before claiming asylum.
   • Of course there are allegations of people getting compensation, then coming back and claiming money again.
   • Half of the UK's pensioners will be able to claim Pension Credit from October.
   • As he picked the baby up to take him home, seeing that was the only thing to do for there was no one claiming him, he noticed a book opened beside it.
   • Those employed in domestic service will be able to claim the amount they earn as a tax deduction.
   • Instead of claiming the offered prize money, he instead decides to share his work with other research scientists.

   Synonyms

   lay claim to, say that one owns, assert ownership of, formally request
3. 1.3with object Make a demand for (money) under the terms of an insurance policy.
   （遵照保险单条款）索赔（钱财）
   she could have claimed the cost through her insurance

   她本可以通过保险索赔损失。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • What are you entitled to claim on your house insurance?
   • How does adding an inexperienced driver make it less likely that we'll need to claim on the insurance?
   • She was also accused of faking three burglaries to claim insurance money.
   • He tries to claim on the insurance but is told he is entitled to nothing, the insurance company declare it an ‘act of God’.
   • Still, it's lucky it's a proper illness as you'd be less likely to claim on your tour insurance for a stage-fright cancellation.
   • Henry is told to claim on his travel insurance, which has a £50 excess charge.
   • Owners reported lost phones stolen to claim on insurance, pushing reported crime through the roof.
   • I could claim on the house insurance but would still have to find the first £50.
   • Mobile phone users have been told to report their phone stolen to make it easier to claim on their insurance.
   • At the moment they roughly share the cost of producing the funding for people who claim accident compensation.
   • Sometimes punters who have lost their phone falsely report it as stolen in order to claim on insurance.
   • What a tragedy it would be to be burgled and not have time to claim on your insurance policy.
   • We can't claim on insurance because it's a flat roof, which doesn't get covered.
   • The passenger door, rear door and passenger side rear long window were all damaged so I had to claim on my insurance to pay for the damage.
   • Days passed and Tom then asked Harry to claim on the insurance.
   • These must be claimed against household insurance.
   • You can still claim on your travel insurance, but then the insurer will recoup the cost from the airline.
   • Anyone whose claim is not honoured by their carrier is also likely to find it difficult to claim on their travel insurance.
   • My brother spent the weekend agonising over whether to claim on his insurance.
   • If it ever breaks down, call your local computer geek, or set fire to it and claim the insurance money!

   Synonyms

   request, ask for, apply for, put in for, put in an application for
4. 1.4 Call for (someone's notice and thought)
   需要，值得（注意，思考）
   a most unwelcome event claimed his attention

   一件极不受欢迎的事情让他觉得需予以注意。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Then Jonas seemed to shake himself out of whatever thoughts had claimed him.
5. 1.5 Cause the loss of (someone's life).
   使丧失（生命）
   Example sentencesExamples

   • So far this month there have been more than 40 suicide attacks, which have claimed 269 lives and wounded 558.
   • He has not been charged with involvement in the attack, which claimed 202 lives.
   • A massive car bomb attack has claimed the life of another prominent critic of Syria.
   • That was the night Japanese submarines attacked Sydney, sinking the accommodation ferry Kuttabul and claiming the lives of 21 sailors.
   • He is believed to have planned two of the attacks, which claimed the lives of 31 people.
   • These waters are known as the graveyard of the Pacific, earning this reputation for claiming hundreds of lives and vessels during the last century.
   • The sabotage attack claimed over 100 lives and left hundreds more wounded.
   • The wounds that nearly claimed his life asserted their presence by a few sharp throbs as he moved.
   • Insurgent attacks claimed 1,233 lives, and wounded 4,115 people, during the same period.
   • Chloe lived with asthma for more than two years until a severe attack claimed her life.
   • The findings are the result of a three-year study into the terrorist attack that claimed the lives of 2,749 people.
   • A man is accused of taking part in a vicious attack which claimed the life of a former church organist.
   • She was subjected to a sustained knife attack which almost claimed her life when she stopped her car and went to help another woman who was being attacked.
   • A number of band members were killed in the US attack, which also claimed the life of the cameraman.
   • Victory riots have claimed the lives of two college students in Massachusetts alone this year.
   • No terrorist attack in history had claimed so many lives.
   • Several thousand army and navy Special Attack Forces were used, claiming the lives of about 7,000 pilots, many of them no older than 18 or 19.
   • The attack claimed the lives of 241 Marines.
   • The attacks claimed 202 lives and alerted Southeast Asian leaders to the threat that terrorism posed to their region.
   • However, sporadic attacks are still happening, claiming some lives and fueling fears of further violence among residents.

   Synonyms

   take

1An assertion of the truth of something, typically one that is disputed or in doubt.

他因有人声称他与中央情报局有联系而感到困扰。

历史证明政治家自称能控制事态的进程是不实的。

2A demand or request for something considered one's due.

法庭否决了他们的避难要求。

1. 2.1 An application for compensation under the terms of an insurance policy.
   （遵照保险单条款）索赔（钱财）
   Example sentencesExamples

   • For example, there are three kinds of compensation for insurance claims.
   • He believes people working in the claims and brokerage areas of the insurance sector are still being offered company cars.
   • The insurance industry has argued that legal costs add about 40 per cent to the cost of insurance claims.
   • They expect this to be a more serious deterrent to driving offences and thus reduce accidents and insurance claims.
   • In case you are worrying how you might file a claim once a piece of space debris has flattened you, it is worth knowing that this insurance is a joke.
   • December's ruling will probably mean that insurers are less exposed to compensation claims.
   • By proving that your claim is legitimate you make it easy for your insurer to settle your claim quickly and to your satisfaction.
   • In your particular case the airline is within its rights to reject your compensation claim.
   • I placed a claim with the British insurance company thinking there would be no problem.
   • During that period, the AIG unit paid the money back in the form of insurance claims.
   • Death and disability claims on insurance policies are being subjected to more intense scrutiny than was the case ten years ago.
   • If the warning is strong enough, your insurance policy should pay out on a cancellation claim.
   • Houston, in particular, is above the national average in uninsured claims, Snow says.
   • The criminals often return once the insurance claim has been paid out and stolen goods have been replaced.
   • Fewer claims usually translates into substantially lower costs of claims incurred by insurers.
   • If booked as a package through a travel agent, they should make a claim on their travel insurance.
   • If you think you do have a case, you should act on any shortfall before you file a claim for compensation.
   • It is now up to individual policy holders to pursue their own compensation claims.
   • In the longer term, there is a reduction in the number of insurance claims and related costs if one has a robust system in place.
   • Two weeks ago, claims for unemployment insurance hit a five-year high of 392,000.
2. 2.2 A right or title to something.
   （对某物的）权利，所有权，要求权
   they have first claim on the assets of the trust

   他们对这笔信托财产有第一所有权。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Because the city is the first creditor, they have the first claim on the property.
   • She was on a committee formed to liaise with ex-Sophiatown residents regarding land claims.
   • The claims are limited to land that was seized from its owners after the passing of the 1913 Land Act.
   • Didiza said the remaining claims largely involved agricultural land.
   • They do not have the same historical claim to this land as we do.
   • A Maori claim over the land was ignored.
   • If you've got a claim over some land where a mining company wants to go, all of a sudden the mining company's going to be knocking on your door.
   • No one interested in native land claims can do without this book.
   • A claim to the land could not be maintained simply by those who dwelled upon it and the bones resting under it also had a living role to play.
   • After the defeat of Japan in 1945, the Allied powers rescinded Japanese claims to the islands.
   • Ideology and history are back with a vengeance in support of claims over land and lives of other peoples.
   • The Baroness had agreed in a marriage settlement to renounce her claim on the trust.
   • This Parliament has a responsibility to consider that there are others who have a claim to the land.
   • China has strong historical claims to bits of the Russian Far East on the Russian side of the Amur River.
   • If more than one person seemed to have a claim on a piece of land, it quickly got mired in the courts.
   • She believes that his family could make a claim on the house as they are his next of kin.
   • Such a child might use the courts, for example, to establish a claim on inheritance or support.
   • Hard-liners say settlements and outposts reinforce their claim to Biblical lands.
   • As long as we are there at least we have a claim to our ancestral lands.
   • The much-discussed draft makes official provision for land seizures, so as to speed up the settlement of land claims.

   Synonyms

   entitlement to, title to, right to, rights to
3. 2.3 A piece of land allotted to or taken by someone in order to be mined.
   （分配、取得的）采矿地
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Mining claims were staked but were illegal because the territory belonged to the Indians.
   • The area no longer has any active mines, but there are large tracts of land under claim for placer mining.
   • As a result Chinese were driven off gold mining claims by white miners who had no fear of being arrested.
   • In Quebec, for example, mining claims are staked using maps on the Internet, a system Teed favors.
   • JK explained about the ancient mining law allowing homes built on mining claims.
   • The mining claims or other mining related interest may be affected by the action.