[VERB 动词]要求归还(或恢复);收回 If you reclaim something that you have lost or that has been taken away from you, you succeed in getting it back.
[V n]
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。
'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。
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[VERB 动词]收回;拿回;申请退(税) If you reclaim an amount of money, for example tax that you have paid, you claim it back.
[V n]
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。
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[VERB 动词]开垦(荒地);开拓(耕地或建筑用地) When people reclaim land, 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.
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[V-ed]
The Netherlands has been reclaiming farmland from water.
荷兰人一直在围海造地。
...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
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[VERB 动词]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 building is reclaimed by a desert, forest, or the sea, it turns back into desert, forest, or sea.
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[usu passive]
The diamond towns are gradually being reclaimed by the desert...
这些钻石城镇正逐渐重归沙漠。
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。
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[VERB 动词]挽救;感化 If you reclaim a person who has been involved in bad or criminal behaviour, you cause them to stop acting in that way.
[V n]
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。
Oxford
re·claim/rɪˈkleɪm; NAmErɪˈkleɪm/verb1to get sth back or to ask to have it back after it has been lost, taken away, etc. 取回;拿回;要求归还reclaimsth ◆You'll have to go to the police station to reclaim your wallet.你得到警察局去领回你的钱包。reclaimsth from sb/sth ◆The team reclaimed the title from their rivals.这个队从对手手中夺回了冠军。☞see also
baggage reclaim
2reclaimsth (from sth) to make land that is naturally too wet or too dry suitable to be built on, farmed, etc. 开垦,利用,改造(荒地)◆The site for the airport will be reclaimed from the swamp.这片湿地将会被开发来建机场。◆reclaimed marshland被开发利用的沼泽地3[usually passive ]reclaimsth if a piece of land is reclaimed bydesert, forest, etc, it turns back into desert, etc. after being used for farming or building 重新变为沙漠(或森林等);沙化;荒漠化;抛荒4reclaimsth (from sth) to obtain materials from waste products so that they can be used again 回收(废品中有用的东西)☞see also
recycle
5reclaimsb (from sth) to rescue sb from a bad or criminal way of life 挽救;感化;使纠正;使悔过自新▶rec·lam·ationreclamationreclamations/ˌrekləˈmeɪʃn; NAmEˌrekləˈmeɪʃn/noun[uncountable ]◆land reclamation土地开垦reclaimreclaimsreclaimedreclaimingre·claim/rɪˈkleɪm; NAmErɪˈkleɪm/rec·lam·ation/ˌrekləˈmeɪʃn; NAmEˌrekləˈmeɪʃn/
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reclaimre‧claim /rɪˈkleɪm/ ●○○ verb [transitive]
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1to get back an amount of money that you have paidSYN claim back: You may be entitled to reclaim some tax.2to make an area of desert, wet land etc suitable for farming or building: This land will be reclaimed for a new airport.3to get back something that you have lost or that has been taken away from you: I want to reclaim the championship that I lost in 1999.4to obtain useful products from waste material → recycle: You can reclaim old boards and use them as shelves.—reclamation /ˌrekləˈmeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]: land reclamation
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