释义 |
stake a claimAssert one’s right to something: the batsman staked a claim for a place in the side...- It is a commonplace feature of political and legal debate that advocates of various interests seek to characterise those interests as rights, thereby staking a claim for weight or recognition that may be contestable.
- However, those states not formed around a pre-existing national identity have greater difficulty in staking a claim to being a nation-state, and consequent problems with stability.
- When the surrounding metropolitan area is included, Cairo has a population of 14.5 million, staking a claim to 9th largest city in the world.
Synonyms assert, declare, proclaim, state, make, lay, establish, put on record, put in See parent entry: stake |