Claim (verb).[usage-claim]

Claim（动词）. 接宾语名词时，意为"lay claim to（索取、主张所有权）"。如果确实意在表达这一含义，可以接从属子句："She claimed that she was the sole heir."（但即便在这里，claimed to be也会更好。）不可用作declare、maintain或charge的替代。

• 误：He claimed he knew how.
• 正：He declared he knew how.