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reclaim

美音:[rık´leım ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
英音:[rık´leım ]点这儿播放单词英音发声
vt.要求归还,收回,开垦

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reclaim为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

动词过去式:reclaimed 过去分词:reclaimed 现在分词:reclaiming 第三人称单数:reclaims 名词:reclaimant 形容词:reclaimable

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claim=to cry(大叫) 变化型 clam

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reclaim


/rɪ'kleɪm; rɪ`klem/
v [Tn, Tn.pr]
1 ~ sth (from sb/sth) recover possession of sth 恢复或收回某事物
*reclaim tax, rent, lost property 取回税款、租金、失去的财物.
2 ~ sth (from sth) make (land) suitable for cultivation, eg by draining or irrigating it 开垦(土地)(如排水、灌溉以利耕种)
*reclaimed marshland, desert, etc 经治理的沼泽地、沙漠等
* reclaim an area from the sea 填海造地.
3 ~ sb (from sth) (fml 文) win sb back or away from sin, error, etc; reform sb 挽救某人(不再犯罪、犯错等); 改造某人
*reclaim young offenders from a life of crime 挽救失足少年脱离罪恶的生活.
4 ~ sth (from sth) recover (raw material) from waste products (从废品中)回收(原料)
*reclaim glass from old bottles 回收旧瓶子用以再造玻璃. Cf 参看 recycle.

reclaim


v [T]
to get back an amount of money that you have paid
= claim back
 You may be entitled to reclaim some tax.
to make an area of desert, wet land etc suitable for farming or building
 Large areas of land will be reclaimed for a new airport.
to 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.
to obtain useful products from waste material
recycle
 You can reclaim old boards and use them as shelves.
>reclamation [,reklə'meɪʃən/
1. We should reclaim him from the life of vice.
    我们应当使他改邪归正。

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