| 词组 | stake a claim to |
| 释义 | Idiom stake a claim tostake a claim (to something) 1. to announce that something belongs to you. Every kind of group you can think of has staked a claim to space on the Internet. Usage notes: also used in the form stake your claim: He staked his claim as a liberal. 2. to show that you believe something is yours. In recent years, several big stores have staked a claim to the wealthy shoppers in this area.Stevens has staked a claim to a new brand of techno music with a series of exciting concerts. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of stake a claim (= to mark with posts a piece of land belonging to the government that you claim for yourself) stake a claimTo assert one's ownership of or right to something. My great-grandfather staked a claim to this land. You can't have this cookie because someone else already staked a claim to it. stake a claim to someone or somethingFig. to state or record one's claim on someone or something. (Alludes to marking off an area by pounding in wooden stakes.) she staked a claim to Jeff and told all her rivals to stay away. The prospector staked a claim to the gold-rich area. stake (out) a/your ˈclaim to somebody/somethingsay that you have a special interest in somebody/something, or have a right to own something, especially to warn other people not to take it: Both countries have staked out a claim to the land.If you staked out your claim to some land, you put stakes (= wooden posts) in the ground to mark the limits of land that you claimed was yours. |
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