cultural symbol destroy damage afford claim actually deny register abandon tear down line of thinking can afford to do make sense have nothing to do with 把以上单词和短语的用法写下来,以笔记或者文档的形式交送 例如:claim v. 1) declare to be true; state 声称;断言;宣称 e.g. He claimed to have lived a life full of love and happiness although his wife left him many years ago. 虽然妻子多年前就离他而去,他还是声称自己的生活很幸福。 2) ask for, take, or state that one should have (something to which one has a right) 对......提出要求;索取 e.g. On what grounds are you claiming compensation? You have to state your reasons. 你要求赔偿的依据是什么?你必须说明理由。 n. 1) a statement that something is true or real 宣称;声 称;断言 e.g. Lots of people say that they never read advertisements, but this claim is hard to believe. 许多人说他们从不看广告,但这种说法令人难以相信。 2) a demand or request for something which one has a right to have 索赔;要求 e.g. The workers have come out on strike in support of their pay claim. 工人们都出去罢工,以支持提高工资的要求。 Notice when “claim” means “a right to something”, it is often followed by to or on. e.g. Nobody has made a claim to this bag. 没人来认领这个包。