reclaim

过去式：reclaimed过去分词：reclaimed现在分词：reclaiming第三人称单数：reclaims

1. vt. 开拓; 垦殖 bring back waste land, etc. to a useful condition, a state of cultivation, etc.
2. vt. 改正; 改造 reform a person
3. vt. 收回 demand that sth be given back

• reclaim swamp开垦沼泽地
• reclaim wasteland开垦荒地

• reclaim from从…回收

1. After he stopped paying the hire purchase installment, the finance company tried to reclaim his car.
   在他停止支付租购分期付款后，该金融公司试图收回他的汽车。
2. You may be entitled to reclaim some of the tax you paid last year.
   你或许有权要求退回去年你交付的部分税金。
3. Their daily work is to reclaim rubber from old tyres.
   他们的日常工作是用旧轮胎再生橡胶。
4. It is incumbent on me to reclaim him.
   劝他改过是我义不容辞的义务。
5. Her mission was to reclaim former criminals.
   她的任务是感化过去的罪犯。
6. This land was reclaimed from the sea.
   这块土地是填海开垦出来的。