It is not uncommon to hear that a shipping company has made a claim for cost of salvaging a sunken ship.
航运公司为打捞沉船而提出索赔，这是常有的事，
新概念英语第三册
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📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 公司，商号;作伴，伴侣，客人;连队，中队;（社交）集会，聚会;
💡 com(together)+pan(bread)+y(名词后缀)→交谊；伙伴
"He absconded with the company funds."
他卷走公司的资金潜逃了。
近义：institution, merging, partnership, pool, society, trust
反义：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
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
adj. 不寻常的;罕见的;非凡的，杰出的;非常接近的;
"Side effects from the drug are uncommon."
这药很少有副作用。
近义：infrequent, irregular, astonishing, nonconforming, odd, atypical
反义：inartistic, artless, modest, mundane, normal, average
vt.& vi. 听到，听见;
vt. 听说;得知;听取;审理;
vi. 听;听见;
💡 h(身体两侧)+ear(耳朵):身体两侧能 听见
"I could hear him bumbling around in the kitchen."
我听得见他在厨房里瞎折腾。
近义：listen, overhear, hearken, hark, harken
n. [船]船舶;船舶总数;航运，海运;运送;
v. 运送，乘船(ship的ing形式);
"The canal is open to shipping."
运河可以通航了。
近义：shipment, boarding, consignment, embarkment, navigation, sailing