以下这些动词均有"要求,请求" 的意思
ask :最普通用词,指向对方提出要求或请求,长、晚辈,上下级之间都可使用。
beg :指恳切地或再三地请求或要求,常含低三下四意味,也多用于应酬场合。
demand :一般指理直气壮地提出强烈要求,或坚持不让对方拒绝的要求。
require :强调根据事业、需要或纪律、法律等而提出的要求。
request :正式用词,指非常正式,有礼貌的请求或恳求,多含担心因种种原因对方不能答应的意味。
implore :书面用词,着重指迫切、焦急或痛苦地恳求或哀求,常含较强的感情色彩。
claim :指有权或宣称有权得到而公开提出的要求。
pray :语气庄重,指热情、诚恳和敬祈的要求,现不很常用。
entreat :泛指一般"恳求或哀求",含企图说服对方或用热烈的请求软化反对意见的意味。
以下这些动词均含有"断言,声称" 的意思
assert :主观意味强,指自认为某事就是如此,而不管事实如何。
affirm :侧重在作出断言时表现出的坚定与不可动摇的态度。
allege :多指无真凭实据,不提供证据的断言或宣称。
maintain :与assert近义,但前者指坚决维护某种主张或观点。
testify :多指在法庭作证,庄严地宣称自己所说属实。
claim :可与assert换用,但语气弱一些,侧重指行为自己的权利提出要求他人承认。
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Emailing the neuroscientist and memory researcher Jim McGaugh one day, she claimed that she could recall every day of her life since the age of 12.
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The team at Frontpoint addresses the issue in a blog on its site, citing their own jam protection software and claiming that there aren't any documented cases of successful jam attack since the company began offering wireless security sensors in the 1980s.
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Or maybe the reward of a half-sized portion could be a half-sized dessert to be claimed only on a future date.
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Even if they could, SimpliSafe claims that its system is always evolving, and that it varies slightly from system to system, which means there wouldn't be a universal magic formula for cracking it.
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By contrast, a Danish tax on foods high in fats was abandoned a year after its introduction, amid claims that consumers were avoiding it by crossing the border to Germany to satisfy their desire for cheaper, fattier fare.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文
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But perhaps Plutarch is suggesting something slightly different, something a bit closer to Marcus Cicero's claim that one should criticize by creation, not by finding fault.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文
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it is claimed to be unintentional.
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But as reliance on the Web grows, there are signs that the question is getting more serious attention: Last month, a study published in CNS Spectrums claimed to be the first large-scale look at excessive Internet use.
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They hoped to challenge the claim that he never slept.
出自-2014年6月听力原文
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Several of the employees in the computer department, for example, claim to be developing vision problems from having to stare at a video display terminal for about 7 hours a day.
出自-2011年6月听力原文
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A recent study said that 40% of American teens claim to have been in a car when the driver used a cell phone in a way that put people in danger.
2018年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C
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But perhaps Plutarch is suggesting something slightly different, something a bit closer to Marcus Cicero's claim that one should "criticize by creation, not by finding fault."
2015年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
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I've had the idea for some time that Jack Green's been busy stirring things up in connection with the latest wage claim.
2016年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section B
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New York's Attorney General's office launched an investigation in the fall into whether or not Verizon, Cablevision and time Warner are delivering broadband that's as fast as the providers claim it is.
2017年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A
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Some scientists claim that people should consume the right kind of food at breakfast.
2019年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
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The results reveal that while Swedes were the tallest people in the world in 1914, Dutch men have risen from 12th place to claim top spot with an average height of 182.5cm.
2019年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
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There have been concerns around the sugar content of cereal and the food industry's involvement in pro-breakfast research—and even one claim from an academic that breakfast is "dangerous".
2019年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
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When your child throws her spoon on the floor for the sixth time as you try to feed her, and you say, "That's enough! I will not pick up your spoon again!" The child will immediately test your claim.
2015年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A
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Why, then, has this claim become so popular?Part of the answer is that this is what always happens during periods of high unemployment—in part because experts and analysts believe that declaring the problem deeply rooted, with no easy answers, makes them sound serious.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文
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The commission's revised Green Guides warn marketers against using labels that make broad claims, like eco-friendly.
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So what you need to know is that there's no evidence whatsoever to back these claims.
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So the evidence contradicts the claim that we're mainly suffering from structural unemployment.
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Marketers must qualify their claims on the product packaging and limit them to a specific benefit, such as how much of the product is recycled.
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Manufacturers of products that claim to be environmentally friendly will face tighter rules on how they are advertised to consumers under changes proposed by the Federal Trade Commission.
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It's kind of a Wild West, anybody can claim themselves to be green.
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In the last five years or so, there has been an explosion of green claims and environmental claims.
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David Mallen, associate director of the Council of Better Business Bureau, said in the last two years the organization had seen an increase in the number of claims companies were bringing against each other for false or misleading environmental product claims.
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Companies have also taken it upon themselves to contest each other's green claims.
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And that, fundamentally, is why claims that we face huge structural problems have been multiplying: they offer a reason to do nothing about the mass unemployment that is crippling our economy and our society.
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The other thing is that a lot of these supplements aren’t necessarily what they claim to be, and you really have to be wary when you take any of them.
出自-2016年6月听力原文
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He spoke out against the idea of white and black as distinct groups, claiming that these distinctions ignored the scope of human diversity.
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Most notoriously,Oprah's validation of jenny McCarthy's claim that vaccines cause autism(自闭症)has no doubt contributed to much harm through the foolish avoidance of vaccines.
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They are also hoping the court's ruling will rein in patent law, which is increasingly being used to claim new life forms as private property.
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University officials claim that they dole out iPhones and iPods so as to facilitate students' learning outside of class.
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Thecompany claims its motives are essentially public-spirited.
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Google claims its plan for the world's biggest online library is to serve the interest of the general public
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Supporters of home education claim that it is less expensive and far more efficient than mass public education.
出自-2013年12月听力原文
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We seek it out in others and are proud to claim it in ourselves, perhaps even more than good looks or intelligence
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We can perhaps claim compensation from the steel suppliers for failure to deliver on time.
出自-2013年6月听力原文
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Claim compensation from the steel suppliers
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You claim you are traveling on a scholarship from Delhi University.
出自-2011年6月听力原文
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"I’ve seen very expensive protein supplements that claim to be high quality but they might not really be beneficial for the average healthy adult," she says.
2019年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
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The other thing is that a lot of these supplements aren't necessarily what they claim to be, and you really have to be wary when you take any of them.
2016年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B
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VERB
声称;断言
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.
例句
He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him...
他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。
A man claiming to be a journalist threatened to reveal details about her private life...
一个自称是记者的人威胁要公开有关她的私生活的细节。
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声称;断言
A claim is something which someone says which they cannot prove and which may be false.
例句
He repeated his claim that the people of Trinidad and Tobago backed his action...
他再次声称,特立尼达和多巴哥的人民支持他的行动。
He rejected claims that he had affairs with six women.
他拒不承认他和6个女人有染的说法。
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VERB
声称(负有责任或享有功劳)
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.
例句
An underground organisation has claimed responsibility for the bomb explosion...
一个地下组织已经声称对这起炸弹爆炸事件负责。
He was too modest to claim the credit.
他太谦逊,不愿意邀功。
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VERB
索取,索要(有权拥有的东西)
If you claim something, you try to get it because you think you have a right to it.
例句
Now they are returning to claim what was theirs.
如今他们回来索取本属于他们的东西。
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主张;要求
A claim is a demand for something that you think you have a right to.
例句
Rival claims to Macedonian territory caused conflict in the Balkans.
多方主张拥有对马其顿的领土主权,结果在巴尔干地区引发了冲突。
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VERB
取得,获得,赢得(纪录、冠军或奖励)
If someone claims a record, title, or prize, they gain or win it.
例句
Zhuang claimed the record in 54.64 seconds...
庄创下了54.64秒的纪录。
Steffi Graf claimed a fourth Wimbledon title in 1992.
施特菲·格拉芙于1992年第4次赢得温布尔登桂冠。
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权利;要求权
If you have a claim on someone or their attention, you have the right to demand things from them or to demand their attention.
例句
She'd no claims on him now...
现在他不欠她什么了。
He was surrounded by people, all with claims on his attention.
他被人们团团围住,个个都要他把注意力放在自己身上。
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VERB
需要,要求(花时间或精力)
If something or someone claims your attention, they need you to spend your time and effort on them.
例句
There is already a long list of people claiming her attention.
需要她关注的人已经很多了。
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VERB
索要,索取,申领(钱)
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.
例句
Some 25 per cent of the people who are entitled to claim State benefits do not do so...
有权申领政府补贴的人当中,约有25%没有提出申请。
John had taken out redundancy insurance but when he tried to claim, he was refused payment...
约翰办理过失业保险,可是当他去索赔时却遭拒付。
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VERB
(向雇主)索要,索取,讨要(钱、福利)
If you claim money or other benefits from your employers, you demand them because you think you deserve or need them.
例句
The union claimed a pay rise worth four times the rate of inflation.
工会要求按照通货膨胀率的4倍提高工资。
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VERB
(战争、疾病、事故)夺去(生命),导致(死亡)
If you say that a war, disease, or accident claims someone's life, you mean that they are killed in it or by it.
例句
The civil war claimed the life of a U.N. interpreter yesterday...
昨天,内战夺去了一位联合国译员的生命。
Heart disease is the biggest killer, claiming 180,000 lives a year.
心脏病是头号杀手,每年夺去18万条生命。
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PHRASE
成名之举;成名之作
Someone's claim to fame is something quite important or interesting that they have done or that is connected with them.
例句
Barbara Follett's greatest claim to fame is that she taught Labour MPs how to look good on television.
芭芭拉·福利特最出名的事就是她教工党议员如何在电视上拥有良好形象。
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PHRASE
声称拥有
If you lay claim to something you do not have, you say that it belongs to you.
例句
Five Asian countries lay claim to the islands.
5个亚洲国家声称对那些岛屿拥有主权。
Noun
1. an assertion of a right (as to money or property);
"his claim asked for damages"2. an assertion that something is true or factual;
"his claim that he was innocent""evidence contradicted the government's claims"3. demand for something as rightful or due;
"they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day"4. an informal right to something;
"his claim on her attentions""his title to fame"5. an established or recognized right;
"a strong legal claim to the property""he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate""he staked his claim"6. a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty"
Verb
1. assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing;
"He claimed that he killed the burglar"2. 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"3. ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example;
"They claimed on the maximum allowable amount"4. lay claim to; as of an idea;
"She took credit for the whole idea"5. 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"