vt. 声称;断言;需要;索取;
vi. 提出要求;
n. (根据权利而提出的)要求;声称;断言;索赔;
💡 claim→要求;主张;要求;权利;主张
"It would be disingenuous of me to claim I had never seen it."
要说我从未看到过,那就是言不由衷了。
近义:adduce, allege, require, summon, request, demand
反义:impart, award, present, accord, bestow, administer
n. 最后期限;截止期限;死线;原稿截止时间;
vt. 通过设定一时间期限来统治;
💡 死亡(dead)线(line)是 最后期限
"I prefer to work to a deadline ."
我喜欢按规定的期限完成工作。
近义:maturity, prompt, termination, validity, completion, conclusion