claim是一个英语单词，主要用作名词、动词。作名词时意思是“声称，断言；索要，索赔；权利，所有权”，作动词时意思是“声称，断言；索取，索要（钱）；要求（拥有），认领；使丧生，致命”等。

英 [kleɪm] 美 [kleɪm]

v. 声称，断言；索取，索要（钱）；要求（拥有），认领；使丧生，致命；赢得，获得；值得，需要（花时间或精力）

n. 声称，断言；索要，索赔；权利，所有权；要求得到的土地使用权；专利新特征申明

[ 复数 claims 第三人称单数 claims 现在分词 claiming 过去式 claimed 过去分词 claimed ]

柯林斯英汉双解大词典

claim /kleɪm/ CET4 TEM4 ( claiming, claimed, claims )

1.V-T If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth. 声称

2.V-T If you say that someone claims responsibility or credit for something, you mean they say that they are responsible for it, but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth. 声称 (对某事负责或应得荣誉)

3.V-T If you claim something, you try to get it because you think you have a right to it. 索取

4.V-T If someone claims a record, title, or prize, they gain or win it. 赢得 [journalism]

5.V-T If something or someone claims your attention, they need you to spend your time and effort on them. 需要

6.V-T/V-I If you claim money from the government, an insurance company, or another organization, you officially apply to them for it, because you think you are entitled to it according to their rules. 索赔

7.N-COUNT Claim is also a noun. 索赔

8.V-T If you claim money or other benefits from your employers, you demand them because you think you deserve or need them. 索要

9.N-COUNT Claim is also a noun. 索要

10.V-T If you say that a war, disease, or accident claims someone's life, you mean that they are killed in it or by it. 夺走 (生命) [正式]

11.N-COUNT A claim is something which someone says which they cannot prove and which may be false. 声称

12.N-COUNT A claim is a demand for something that you think you have a right to. 索要

13.N-COUNT If you have a claim on someone or their attention, you have the right to demand things from them or to demand their attention. 索求权

14.to stake a claim →see stake

claim for 要求；索取

claim for compensation 索赔

lay claim to 要求；自以为

make a claim 索赔；对…提出要求

lodge a claim 提出索赔

right of claim 请求权；求偿权

insurance claim 保险索赔

residual claim 剩余权益；[经]剩余索偿权

baggage claim 行李认领；领取行李；取行李处

claim damages 要求损害赔偿

claim form 索赔申请表；催询单；催缺通函

claim compensation 要求赔偿

contingent claim 未定权益；或有求偿权；附带要求

claim tag 行李票

file a claim 提出索赔

have a claim on 有对…的要求权

claim for damage 由于损坏而索赔；赔偿损害要求

independent claim [法律]独立请求书

claim indemnity 索赔

false claim [经]无根据的债权