Word · Frequency #8480
Fully loadedreclaim
收回；要求归还
核心释义
to claim back (something that was lost or taken away)
- 1.
使土地恢复到适宜使用的状态。
To return land to a suitable condition for use.
- 2.
从废物中获取有用产品；回收利用。
To obtain useful products from waste; to recycle.
- 3.
取回某物；收回。
To claim something back; to repossess.
- 4.
将某个词汇(通常是贬义词)重新用于可接受的用法,通常由曾受该词侮辱的群体来推动。
To bring back a term into acceptable usage, usually of a slur, and usually by the group that was once targeted by that slur.
回收；开垦；改造；喊叫；抗议；使土地恢复到适宜使用的状态。；从废物中获取有用产品；回收利用。；取回某物；收回。
用法In use
The company aims to reclaim valuable materials from electronic waste.
用法提示：此处reclaim表示“回收”，作及物动词，后接宾语。
They reclaimed the marshland and turned it into farmland.
用法提示：此处reclaimed是reclaim的过去式，表示“开垦”。
The artist is reclaiming old bottles to create beautiful vases.
用法提示：此处reclaiming表示“改造利用”，是现在分词形式。
reclaim sth
及物动词，意为‘开垦、改造（土地）’，宾语通常为土地或沼泽等。
They plan to reclaim the desert for farming.
他们计划开垦这片沙漠用于耕种。
reclaim sth from sb/sth
及物动词，意为‘从……中回收（有用材料）’或‘从……处收回（物品）’。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- reclaim land
- 开垦土地
- The government plans to reclaim land from the sea.政府计划填海造地。
- reclaim materials
- 回收材料
- The factory recycles and reclaims materials from waste.这家工厂从废弃物中回收材料。
- reclaim one's time
- 收回自己的时间
- She decided to reclaim her time by quitting her second job.她决定辞去第二份工作，收回自己的时间。
- reclaim one's rights
- 收回权利
- The indigenous people fought to reclaim their land rights.土著人民为收回他们的土地权利而斗争。
- reclaim someone from crime
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记忆中re-是‘再次’，claim是‘宣称’，合起来就是‘再次宣称要回’，即回收或开垦。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：land restoration、waste management、property law 通常用于正式或技术性语境，如环境治理、资源回收及法律事务等。日常口语中较少使用，多出现在书面或专业讨论中。
语法说明Grammar Note
及物动词，后直接接宾语
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All words share the same stressed vowel and ending /kleɪm/, rhyming with 'reclaim'.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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