v.收回；回收；纠正；开垦
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。
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。
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。
It is incumbent on me to reclaim him. 劝他改过是我义不容辞的义务。
Her mission was to reclaim former criminals. 她的任务是感化过去的罪犯。
This land was reclaimed from the sea. 这块土地是填海开垦出来的。
reclaim的基本意思是“开垦”“垦殖”,指通过努力把荒芜的土地和恶劣的环境进行改造,使其有用处或变得更好,引申可表示“改造(人)”“改正(某种错误)”,即对偏离了正轨的人、罪人、恶棍或堕落者进行改造使其成为正派的、讲道德的人。reclaim还可作“收回”解,可指取回临时寄存的物品,也可指从废弃物品中回收有用的东西。
reclaim是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语。
