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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++re·claim /rɪˈkleɪm/ ●○○ verb [transitive]  1 to get back an amount of money that you have paid 取回〔已付的金钱〕 SYN claim back You may be entitled to reclaim some tax. 你也许可以享受一定额度的退税。2 TBTAto make an area of desert, wet land etc suitable for farming or building 开垦,开拓〔沙漠、湿地等〕 This land will be reclaimed for a new airport. 这块土地将被开发用来建新机场。3 to get back something that you have lost or that has been taken away from you 恢复;夺回 I want to reclaim the championship that I lost in 1999. 我想夺回1999年失去的冠军称号。4 TIto obtain useful products from waste material 回收〔废料〕利用 recycle You can reclaim old boards and use them as shelves. 旧木板可以废物利用,当搁板。reclamation /ˌrekləˈmeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] land reclamation 垦荒→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
reclaimA message arrived from a local farmer who had found and secured it until it could be reclaimed.An alternative could be high coupon gilts as the tax can be reclaimed.A British woman is waiting to hear how she can reclaim a family estate inside the former Soviet Union.In each case £20 million to £30 million of government money was spent reclaiming a site for flowers and later development.Nature can reclaim an entire farm in 14 years and leave nothing behind but the masonry.The organization is trying to reclaim desert land for farming.China reclaimed Hong Kong from Britain in 1997.The Inland Revenue permits us to reclaim tax and pay dividends gross.You can reclaim tax if you find you have paid too much.What they learn in school about writing helps to preserve and reclaim that heritage.The radio was reclaimed the next morning.The golf course will use reclaimed wastewater to water the grass.
From Longman Business Dictionaryreclaimre‧claim /rɪˈkleɪm/ verb [transitive]1to get back something that has been taken from you or money that you have paidIf a delivery date is not met, the buyer can reject the goods and reclaim any money paid.Tax deducted on the dividends can be reclaimed.2to make an area of very wet or very dry land suitable for building or farmingThey plan to reclaim 1.5 million square kilometres of salt marsh.3to obtain useful products from waste materialThe new recycling plant can reclaim 27,000 tons a year of discarded plastic.reclamation noun [uncountable]land reclamationrecycling and reclamation→ See Verb table
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reclaim
reclaim /rɪˈkleɪm/ verb [transitive]
1. to get back an amount of money that you have paid
   SYN  claim back:
    You may be entitled to reclaim some tax.
2. to make an area of desert, wet land etc suitable for farming or building:
    This land will be reclaimed for a new airport.
3. 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.
4. to obtain useful products from waste material ⇨ recycle:
    You can reclaim old boards and use them as shelves.
—reclamation /ˌrekləˈmeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]:
    land reclamation


re·claimBrE /rɪˈkleɪm/ 🔊NAmE /rɪˈkleɪm/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they reclaim BrE /rɪˈkleɪm/ 🔊 NAmE /rɪˈkleɪm/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it reclaims BrE /rɪˈkleɪmz/ 🔊 NAmE /rɪˈkleɪmz/ 🔊past simple reclaimed BrE /rɪˈkleɪmd/ 🔊 NAmE /rɪˈkleɪmd/ 🔊past participle reclaimed BrE /rɪˈkleɪmd/ 🔊 NAmE /rɪˈkleɪmd/ 🔊 -ing form reclaiming BrE /rɪˈkleɪmɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /rɪˈkleɪmɪŋ/ 🔊to get sth back or to ask to have it back after it has been lost, taken away, etc. 取回;拿回;要求归还~ sth 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。🔊🔊~ sth from sb/sth The team reclaimed the title from their rivals. 这个队从对手手中夺回了冠军。🔊🔊   see also baggage reclaim ~ sth (from sth) to make land that is naturally too wet or too dry suitable to be built on, farmed, etc. 开垦,利用,改造(荒地)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 [usually passive] ~ sth if a piece of land is reclaimed by desert, forest, etc., it turns back into desert, etc. after being used for farming or building 重新变为沙漠(或森林等);沙化;荒漠化;抛荒~ sth (from sth) to obtain materials from waste products so that they can be used again 回收(废品中有用的东西)   see also recycle ~ sb (from sth) to rescue sb from a bad or criminal way of life 挽救;感化;使纠正;使悔过自新 rec·lam·ation BrE /ˌrekləˈmeɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌrekləˈmeɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] land reclamation土地开垦