1. | 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. |
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。 | |
The team reclaimed the title from their rivals. 这个队从对手手中夺回了冠军。 |
2. | ~ sth (from sth) 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. |
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. | [usupass] ~ sth 重新变为沙漠(或森林等);沙化;荒漠化;抛荒if a piece of landis reclaimed by desert, forest, etc., it turns back into desert, etc. after being used for farming or building |
4. | ~ sth (from sth) 回收(废品中有用的东西)to obtain materials from waste products so that they can be used again |
5. | ~ sb (from sth) 挽救;感化;使纠正;使悔过自新to rescue sb from a bad or criminal way of life |