reclaim

US [rɪˈkleɪm]
UK [rɪ'kleɪm]
  • n.开垦；改造；取回；矫正
  • v.开垦；感化；取回；拿回
  • Web收回；回收；要求归还
Simple Present：reclaims  Present Participle：reclaiming  Past Tense：reclaimed  

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reclaim
v.
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

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AllAll,开垦开垦,改造改造,取回取回,矫正矫正,感化感化,拿回拿回,收回收回,回收回收,要求归还要求归还
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1.
Could he have had his face tidied up a bit in advance of his bid to reclaim the presidency next year?
他还会在下一次总统竞选之前将自己的面容变的更加紧致吗？
tā hái huì zài xià yī cì zǒng tǒng jìng xuǎn zhī qián jiāng zì jǐ de miàn róng biàn de gèng jiā jǐn zhì ma ?
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2.
Set at the front, then head off-line will leak a few needles, not to reclaim the volume of cars to increase rework.
设置在前方，然后前往脱机将泄漏几针，而不是汽车回收量增加返工。
shè zhì zài qián fāng , rán hòu qián wǎng tuō jī jiāng xiè lòu jǐ zhēn , ér bú shì qì chē huí shōu liàng zēng jiā fǎn gōng 。
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3.
Remained at guxiang years, if I could give up growing up in mountains and rivers in Paradise, I would like to reclaim my love.
徘徊在古巷里，若我能放弃生长在山水中的极乐世界，我也要唤回我的爱。
pái huái zài gǔ xiàng lǐ , ruò wǒ néng fàng qì shēng zhǎng zài shān shuǐ zhōng de jí lè shì jiè , wǒ yě yào huàn huí wǒ de ài 。
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4.
For older, experienced lovers, outercourse can hurl them back in time, helping them to reclaim the thrill of the forbidden nature of sex.
对于那些老夫老妻，非性交性快感能够把他们带回到新婚的甜蜜时光，帮助他们重新找回被禁忌的自然性爱的快感。
duì yú nà xiē lǎo fū lǎo qī , fēi xìng jiāo xìng kuài gǎn néng gòu bǎ tā men dài huí dào xīn hūn de tián mì shí guāng , bāng zhù tā men chóng xīn zhǎo huí bèi jìn jì de zì rán xìng ài de kuài gǎn 。
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5.
Dogar and a handful of colleagues have been brought out of retirement to help reclaim hundreds of kilometers of track from the jungle.
道格和他的几位同事已经退休，但他们又被叫回来帮助挽救丛林里上百公里的铁路。
dào gé hé tā de jǐ wèi tóng shì yǐ jīng tuì xiū , dàn tā men yòu bèi jiào huí lái bāng zhù wǎn jiù cóng lín lǐ shàng bǎi gōng lǐ de tiě lù 。
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6.
Come out unclothed, just as you came into this world. . . and reclaim your freedom.
一丝不挂地走出来，就像你当初来到这个世界上的样子……去寻找属于你的自由吧。
yì sī bú guà de zǒu chū lái , jiù xiàng nǐ dāng chū lái dào zhè ge shì jiè shàng de yàng zǐ … … qù xún zhǎo shǔ yú nǐ de zì yóu ba 。
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7.
At his village he began to reclaim some of his former popularity.
在家乡，他开始重新恢复了一些之前的人气。
zài jiā xiāng , tā kāi shǐ chóng xīn huī fù le yì xiē zhī qián de rén qì 。
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8.
I went on a quest to reclaim a bit of the selflessness that I know is in all of us and that we are all capable of.
我曾不断努力以求唤起人性的无私。我知道，这种无私存在于我们每一个人身上，而且是我们力所能及的。
wǒ céng bú duàn nǔ lì yǐ qiú huàn qǐ rén xìng de wú sī 。 wǒ zhī dào , zhè zhǒng wú sī cún zài yú wǒ men měi yī gè rén shēn shàng , ér qiě shì wǒ men lì suǒ néng jí de 。
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9.
Reclaim naps not as the refuge of the lazy, but as the birthright of every creature able to snooze.
重申一下打盹不是给懒惰逃避而是每个生物生来就有的权利。
chóng shēn yí xià dǎ dǔn bú shì gěi lǎn duò táo bì ér shì měi gè shēng wù shēng lái jiù yǒu de quán lì 。
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10.
black hair is usually more like the clothing style, and most of the popular will is not to reclaim the basic wear section.
头发通常又黑又多，喜欢的衣着款式，多半会是不退流行的基本耐穿款。
tóu fà tōng cháng yòu hēi yòu duō , xǐ huan de yī zhuó kuǎn shì , duō bàn huì shì bù tuì liú xíng de jī běn nài chuān kuǎn 。
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