生活場景口語實戰人際篇 第631期:索賠(3)
9. I don't think the responsibility should rest with us.
我認爲責任不在我方。
還能這樣說：
I believe that we don't take the responsibility.
I believe that we are not responsible for that.
應用解析：
rest one's hope on (upon) sb. 把希望寄託在某人身上；
rest with 取決於
10. You will have to compensate us for the loss.
你必須賠償我們的損失。
還能這樣說：
You must pay for what we lost.
You must compensate what we lost caused by your mistake.
諺語：
No great loss without some small gain.
塞翁失馬，焉知非福。
11. We cannot entertain your claim.
我們不能受理你們的索賠。
還能這樣說：
We cannot consider your claim as requested.
Your claim cannot be accepted.
諺語：
Don't claim to know what you don't know.
不要不懂裝懂。
12. I am here to make a claim of the latest shipment.
我到這兒是來對最近的一批貨提出索賠的。
還能這樣說：
The purpose I come here is to make a claim of the latest shipment.
I intend to lodge a claim of the latest shipment here.
應用解析：
jump a claim 強佔採礦權；
claim sth. back 要回某物，索回；
lay claim to sth. 聲稱對某事有權利；
stake one's claim to sth. 劃歸爲己有，聲稱與某事有特殊關聯
13. Are we entitled to lodge claim?
我們是否有權提出索賠？
還能這樣說：
Do we have the right to make a claim?
Are we eligible to claim?
應用解析：
entitle sb. to sth. 給予某人獲得某事或做某事的權利，使某人有資格獲得某事
