reclaim

reclaim
verb
[with obj.]
  1. retrieve or recover (something previously lost, given, or paid); obtain the return of
    重新得到，收回，取回；要求（或主张）归还，要求（或主张）恢复
    you can reclaim £25 of the £435 deducted.
    你可重新要求得到435英镑回扣中的25英镑。
    when Dennis emerged I reclaimed my room.
    丹尼斯露面后，我要求归还我的房间。
    ■redeem (someone) from a state of vice; reform
    使改过，使改正，改造；感化；教化
    societies for reclaiming beggars and prostitutes.
    改造乞丐和妓女的社团。
    ■(archaic)tame or civilize (an animal or person)
    (古)驯服；制服，降服
  2. bring (waste land or land formerly under water) under cultivation
    开垦，开拓
    much of the Camargue has now been reclaimed.
    卡马格岛不少地方现已被开垦。
    [asadj. reclaimed]reclaimed land.
    开垦的土地。
    ■recover (material) for reuse; recycle
    回收利用；重新利用（材料）
    a sufficient weight of plastic could easily be reclaimed.
    大量的塑料可以很容易地回收利用。
noun
  1. [mass noun]the action or process of reclaiming or being reclaimed
    归还要求（或主张）；再要求，再主张；退还
    VAT reclaim.
    增值税退还。
派生
reclaimable
adjective
reclaimer
noun
reclamation
noun
语源
  1. Middle English (used in falconry in the sense recall): from Old French reclamer, from Latin reclamare 'cry out against', from re- 'back' + clamare 'to shout'
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