reclaim

1. V-T If you reclaim something that you have lost or that has been taken away from you, you succeed in getting it back. 拿回; 收回

In 1986, they got the right to reclaim South African citizenship. 1986年，他們得到了恢復(fù)南非公民身份的權(quán)利。

2. V-T If you reclaim an amount of money, for example tax that you have paid, you claim it back. 要求歸還

The good news for the industry was that investors don't seem to be in any hurry to reclaim their money. 對該行業(yè)來說，好消息是投資者們似乎不急于要求收回他們的錢。

3. V-T 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. 開墾; 改造

The Netherlands has been reclaiming farmland from water. 荷蘭一直在圍海造田。

4. V-T 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. 重新變成 (沙漠、森林、海洋)[usu passive]

The diamond towns are gradually being reclaimed by the desert. 那些開采鉆石的小鎮(zhèn)逐漸被沙漠重新吞噬了。