challenge

vt.
1.lay claim to,claim,demand对…提出要求，要求。
△Rom.3.5.214(213):“Romeo is banished,and allthe world to nothing/That he dares ne’er come backto challenge you.”i.e. to claim as his. 我拿一切来打赌，他绝不敢回来要求和你团聚。(按： challenge另解为charge“责备”，亦通。)
△L.L.L. 5.2.813(805):“Come chal-lenge me,challenge me by these deserts，”那就凭着这些成就，来向我提出（结婚的）要求吧。
△Oth. 1. 3. 188: “Somuch I challenge that I may profess/Due to the Moor,my lord.”我要求有权宣称我对于我的夫君摩尔人也尽同样的本分。
△Lr.4.7. 30 (29):“Had you not been their father,these white flakes/Did challenge pityof them.”i.e. Your white hair would have claimed
their
pity. 即使你不是她们的父亲，这满头白发也该会引起她们的怜悯。
△3H.VI.4.7.23: “Why,and I challenge nothing but my dukedom,/ As being well contentwith that alone.”嗯，除了我的公爵领地我什么也不要求，只要有了它我就完全心满意足了。
△3H.VI.4.8.48:“No,Ex-eter,these graces challenge grace.”不，爱克塞特，好心总该换来好心。
2. lay claim to对…提出所有权。
△H.V.4.1.236 (217):“If ever I like to see it,I will challenge it.”只要我能活着再见到它，我一定会对它提出所有权。
3. claim对…提出要求，认领。
△H.V.4.7.132 (126):“Who if alive and ever (i.e. and if he ever) dare tochallenge this glove,I have sworn to take him a boxo’(= on) the ear；”只要他活着并且敢于认领这只手套的话，我已经发过誓要打他一个耳光。
4. claim,deserve要求，应受。
△Oth.2.1.213 (210):“He is a good one,and his worthiness/Does chal-lenge much respect.”他是一个好手，他的本领应该受到敬重。
5. claim as due有正当权利要求。
△3H.VI.3.2.86:“Allher perfections challenge sovereignty.”她的全部优异天资足以要求君王之尊。
△L.L.L.5.2.439 (438): “Whenshe shall challenge this,you will reject her.”等她要你履行诺言，你就会拒绝的。
6. claim as one’s due,demand （作为应得权益）索取，要求。
△3H.VI.4.6.6: “Subjects may challenge nothing oftheir sovereigns；”臣民不能向他们的君主索取任何东西。
7. charge,blame,accuse指责，责备，谴责。
△Mac.3.4.42 (41): “Who may I rather challenge forunkindness/Than pity for mischance.”我宁愿责备他不肯赏光，也不愿因他遭到什么意外而对他怜悯。
～ vi. claim as one’s right,lay claim to,claim有权要求，提出要求，要求。
△Lr.1.1.55 (53):“Where nature dothwith merit challenge?”看看谁在亲子关系中最有孝心，有权享有（我的恩惠）?