英语词汇“reclamation”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

VERB TABLE

reclaim

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	reclaim
	he, she, it	reclaims
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	reclaimed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have reclaimed
	he, she, it	has reclaimed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had reclaimed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will reclaim
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have reclaimed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am reclaiming
	he, she, it	is reclaiming
	you, we, they	are reclaiming
Past	I, he, she, it	was reclaiming
	you, we, they	were reclaiming
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been reclaiming
	he, she, it	has been reclaiming
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been reclaiming
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be reclaiming
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been reclaiming

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

A British woman is waiting to hear how she can reclaim a family estate inside the former Soviet Union.
China reclaimed Hong Kong from Britain in 1997.
The golf course will use reclaimed wastewater to water the grass.
The organization is trying to reclaim desert land for farming.
You can reclaim tax if you find you have paid too much.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

A 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.
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 Inland Revenue permits us to reclaim tax and pay dividends gross.
The radio was reclaimed the next morning.
What they learn in school about writing helps to preserve and reclaim that heritage.

Longman Language Activatorto get back something that you had before► get something back

to get back something that you had before, especially something that belongs to you: · Susanna has my lecture notes - I won't be able to get them back until Monday.get sth back from: · I need to get the tape recorder back from her.

► regain

to get back an ability or quality that you have lost, for example your authority or confidence: regain power/control: · Republicans hope to regain control of the House of Representatives.· The army is struggling to regain control over the southern part of the country.regain your confidence/faith/trust etc: · I don't know if I can ever regain my faith in him after what he's done.regain your strength (=become healthy and strong again): · Bill spent two weeks in the hospital regaining his strength after the operation.

► recover

to get back something such as an ability that you have lost, or something that has been stolen from you: · The bank is planning to sue the company in order to try and recover it's money.· It took the rest of the winter for her to recover her health.

► retrieve

formal to get back something after you have put it somewhere: · I had left my bag at the railroad station and went back to retrieve it.retrieve something from: · She bent down and retrieved the map from under the car seat.· If you want to retrieve a file from the computer, press FIND and then enter the name of the file you want.

► recoup

to get back money or profits that you have spent or lost: recoup your losses: · She put $50 on the next race in an attempt to recoup her losses.recoup something from somebody: · The dentist gives treatment for free and then recoups the cost from the government.

► reclaim

to get back something that belongs to you that someone else has taken or that you have let them have: · You can reclaim tax if you find you have paid too much.· A British woman is waiting to hear how she can reclaim a family estate inside the former Soviet Union.reclaim something from: · China reclaimed Hong Kong from Britain in 1997.

► win back

to succeed in getting someone or something back by trying hard: win back somebody/something: · The airlines are trying to win back passengers by offering special low fares at certain times.· Debra sued the company and won back her job and $144,000 in damages.win somebody/something back: · Jack could see no way of winning his wife back.

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► baggage reclaim

(also baggage claim American English) (=the place where you collect your baggage after a flight)· We waited for almost an hour in baggage reclaim.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► land

· Joined by a contingent of Sword Masters, his army marched on into southern Avelorn to reclaim the Everqueen's land.· Man builds great temples, the jungle reclaims the land.· And now they had the immense task of reclaiming all this land and rebuilding all their homes.· The amount of reclaimed land is increasing every year, and trees are growing fast.· A second airport terminal was opened in 1990 and there are plans to reclaim more land for a third and a fourth.

► site

· In each case £20 million to £30 million of government money was spent reclaiming a site for flowers and later development.· More than £1m in grants has been spent on reclaiming the site of the former Brom borough power station.· More than £1m of derelict land grant has been spent on reclaiming the site of the former Bromborough power station.· Based in Toronto and Pennsylvania, it will focus on converting munitions into reusable commercial material and reclaim explosive waste sites.

► tax

· The supply would not be on a tax invoice, so the buyer would not be able to reclaim the tax paid.· We can then reclaim the income tax you - or your spouse - have paid already.· The Inland Revenue permits us to reclaim tax and pay dividends gross.· Anyone in this situation can reclaim the tax from their tax office after the end of the tax year in April.· Interest is paid net of basic rate tax and non-taxpayers and investors with unused allowances must reclaim tax.· The funds can reclaim tax and pay income gross, saving charities the trouble of reclaiming the tax.

VERB► build

· Empty building sites have been reclaimed and replanted.