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单词 stake a claim
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stake a claim

Assert 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
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