reclaim

英 [rɪˈkleɪm]

美 [rɪˈkleɪm]

v. 取回; 拿回; 要求归还; 开垦，利用，改造(荒地); 重新变为沙漠(或森林等); 沙化; 荒漠化; 抛荒

过去分词：reclaimed　现在分词：reclaiming　过去式：reclaimed　第三人称单数：reclaims　

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牛津词典

verb

取回；拿回；要求归还
to get sth back or to ask to have it back after it has been lost, taken away, etc.
1. You'll have to go to the police station to reclaim your wallet.
  你得到警察局去认领你的钱包。
2. The team reclaimed the title from their rivals.
  这个队从对手手中夺回了冠军。
开垦，利用，改造（荒地）
to make land that is naturally too wet or too dry suitable to be built on, farmed, etc.
1. The site for the airport will be reclaimed from the swamp.
  这片湿地将会被开发来建机场。
2. reclaimed marshland
  被开发利用的沼泽地
重新变为沙漠（或森林等）；沙化；荒漠化；抛荒
if a piece of land is reclaimed by desert, forest, etc., it turns back into desert, etc. after being used for farming or building
回收（废品中有用的东西）
to obtain materials from waste products so that they can be used again
挽救；感化；使纠正；使悔过自新
to rescue sb from a bad or criminal way of life

柯林斯词典

VERB 要求归还（或恢复）；收回
If youreclaimsomething that you have lost or that has been taken away from you, you succeed in getting it back.
1. In 1986, they got the right to reclaim South African citizenship...
  1986年，他们取得了恢复南非公民身份的权利。
2. 'I've come to reclaim my property,' she announced to the desk clerk.
  “我来要求归还我的房产，”她向接待人员宣布。
VERB 收回;拿回;申请退（税）
If youreclaiman amount of money, for example tax that you have paid, you claim it back.
1. There are an estimated eight million people currently thought to be eligible to reclaim income tax.
  估计现在有800万人有资格申请所得税退税。
VERB 开垦（荒地）；开拓（耕地或建筑用地）
When peoplereclaimland, they make it suitable for a purpose such as farming or building, for example by draining it or by building a barrier against the sea.
1. The Netherlands has been reclaiming farmland from water.
  荷兰人一直在围海造地。
2. ...a scheme to build a residential development on 1,100 acres of reclaimed land in Tokyo Bay.
  在东京湾通过围海造地开拓的1,100英亩土地上建造住宅区的计划
VERB 使（农田、建筑用地）重新变成（沙漠、森林或海洋）
If a piece of land that was used for farming or buildingis reclaimed bya desert, forest, or the sea, it turns back into desert, forest, or sea.
1. The diamond towns are gradually being reclaimed by the desert...
  这些钻石城镇正逐渐重归沙漠。
2. This method of spraying would allow the land to be reclaimed by the rain forests.
  这种喷洒法可以使土地重新变成雨林。
VERB 挽救;感化
If youreclaima person who has been involved in bad or criminal behaviour, you cause them to stop acting in that way.
1. He set out to fight the drug infestation of Omaha by reclaiming a youth from the local gangs.
  他从挽救当地帮派的一个年轻人入手着力消除奥马哈的毒品泛滥问题。

英英释义

verb

overcome the wildness of
1. He tames lions for the circus
2. reclaim falcons
Synonym:domesticatedomesticizedomesticisetame
make useful again
1. The people reclaimed the marshes
bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
1. The Church reformed me
2. reform your conduct
Synonym:reformregeneraterectify
reuse (materials from waste products)
Synonym:recover
claim back
Synonym:repossess

双语例句

Together, we will reclaim america's schools, before ignorance and apathy claim more young lives.
我们要共同努力，健全美国的学校教育，不能让无知和冷漠吞噬更多的年轻生命。
We need to reclaim their fates and envelop them in ours.
我们必须收回他们的命运和信封在我们的。
This method of spraying would allow the land to be reclaimed by the rain forests.
这种喷洒法可以使土地重新变成雨林。
We do so with the hopes that it will assist you to reclaim your sovereign will as co-creators.
我们这么做是期望其将会帮助你们收回你们作为共同创造者的主权意志。
'I've come to reclaim my property,' she announced to the desk clerk.
“我来要求归还我的房产，”她向接待人员宣布。
The aborigines are in an effort to reclaim their cultural and spiritual heritage.
这些土著人民在努力收回他们的文化和精神遗产。
He has invented a new method to reclaim valuable raw materials from industrial waste water.
他发明了一种从工业废水中回收有价值原料的新方法。
You will reclaim your divine right among us in love and joy.
你会在爱和欢愉，在我们当中要求收回你们的神圣权利。
The humans have assembled their fleet to reclaim their home world.
人类已经集结了他们的舰队去收复他们的家园。
The diamond towns are gradually being reclaimed by the desert
这些钻石城镇正逐渐重归沙漠。