lay claim to

If the car really belongs to Peter, why doesn't he lay claim to it?

如果这车真的是彼得的话, 他为什么不认领 呢 ?

I admired spotlessness, even though I could lay no claim to it, and hated impurity, as I hope I do now.

虽然我没有资格说自己是一个十全十美的人，但是我敬仰纯洁的人，痛恨不纯洁的人，我希望我现在还是如此。

But we don't lay claim to comparable expertise in every area.

但是我们并非在所有领域都拥有这样的技术.

Many people contributed to the body of knowledge available today, and many can lay claim to being a founder.

许多人都为今天这种可用的知识做出了贡献，并且，许多人都可以提出自己做为奠基者的声明。

Their mouths lay claim to heaven, and their tongues take possession of the earth.

他们的口亵渎上天，他们的舌毁谤全地。

And we have come to lay claim to this vessel.

我们是来占领这艘飞船的。

Why would China want to lay claim to the moon?

中国为何要对月球提出主张？

My woman could not lay claim to such perfection.

我的女人却不那么完美。

While Cuba can't lay claim as the birthplace of cigars ( historians give those bragging rights to farms in Guatemala), the island reigns as the world's best producer of quality leaves, as celebrated as Napa and Bordeaux are by wine lovers.

虽然古巴不能自称为“雪茄的发源地”（历史学家把这炫耀的权利给了危地马拉的农场），但这座岛屿仍然是世界上最好的优质烟叶产地，其盛名堪比葡萄酒爱好者眼中的纳帕和波尔多。

Only one other university in the world can lay claim to that many.

没有哪所大学能获得如此多的殊荣。

NIV Their mouths lay claim to heaven, and their tongues take possession of the earth.

9[和合]他们的口亵渎上天, 他们的舌毁谤全地.

In terms of music, Central Europe can lay claim to an astonishing roll call of classical composers.

在音乐方面，中欧有大量的古典作曲家。小约翰斯·特劳斯为维也纳贡献了圆舞曲；

Of course, I lay no claim to being a famous writer.

当然, 我不以名作家自居.

No phenomenon can lay claim to a constant relationship to pleasure.

没有一种现象会宣称跟快乐有固定的关系。

We should lay claim to our inheritance.

我们应该宣称我们有权继承遗产。

While presenting few new ideas, Mr French has a sometimes surprising tendency to lay claim to established ones.

在提出一些新观念的同时，弗伦奇也时有令人惊讶的倾向，主张既定的观念。

I don't profess to be profound; but I lay claim to common sense.

我当然不能说我看人多么深刻, 但是普通的情理,我总可以说还懂得吧.

No analogue machine could lay claim to universality, such devices being constructed to be physical analogies of particular problems.

模拟机器不可能具有通用性，这样的机器只能解决特定的问题。

At least half-a-dozen states lay claim to an outcrop of islands in the South China Sea.

至少有6个国家宣称对南海的岛屿拥有主权。

Five Asian countries lay claim to the islands.

5个亚洲国家声称对那些岛屿拥有主权。

Why didn't they expand like we did and lay claim to far away nations, beat back the indigenous population as we did.

为什么他们不像我们这样扩张，对那些远在天边的岛屿宣称自己的领土权呢，像我们那样打败那些原来的土著居民？

Believe the market mechanism self-moving regulation, and lay claim to maintain the market competition;

相信市场机制的自发调节作用，主张维持市场竞争；

I do this day lay claim to the Iron Throne of Westeros.

吾于今日声明。吾乃维斯特洛铁王座之所有人。

Lay claim to sth; state that one has a right to sth

声称对某事物有权利

If the land really belongs to you, why don't you lay claim to it?

如果这块地真正属于你, 为什么你不据理力争 呢 ?

If the house really belongs to alfred, why doesn't he lay claim to it?

如果这房子真的是阿尔弗雷德的话，他为什么不提出产权要求呢？

Lay claim to original research

要求承认原作的研究

The company wanted to lay claim to the copyrights.

公司想要请求版权.

You don't want you freelancers to lay claim to your rights, do you ?

你可不愿意让自由职业者拥有你的版权 吧 .

Taxonomy can lay claim to being the oldest, the most basic and the most all-embracing of the biological sciences.

分类学可以说是最古老，最基础而又最包罗万象的一门生物学科。