reclaim

verb

/rɪˈkleɪm/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they reclaim	/rɪˈkleɪm/ /rɪˈkleɪm/
he / she / it reclaims	/rɪˈkleɪmz/ /rɪˈkleɪmz/
past simple reclaimed	/rɪˈkleɪmd/ /rɪˈkleɪmd/
past participle reclaimed	/rɪˈkleɪmd/ /rɪˈkleɪmd/
-ing form reclaiming	/rɪˈkleɪmɪŋ/ /rɪˈkleɪmɪŋ/

to get something back or to ask to have it back after it has been lost, taken away, etc.取回；拿回；要求归还
- reclaim something 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。
- reclaim something from somebody/something 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
reclaim something (from something) 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 land新生地
[usually passive] reclaim something if a piece of land is reclaimed by desert, 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
reclaim something (from something) to obtain materials from waste products so that they can be used again回收（废品中有用的东西）
- 80% of aluminium could be reclaimed.80%的铝可以回收。
see also recycle
reclaim somebody (from something) to rescue somebody from a bad or criminal way of life挽救；感化；使纠正；使悔过自新

词源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’.