| 单词 | reclaim |
| 释义 | reclaim (once / 1095 pages) 1v 2v To reclaim something is to get it back. If a divorced couple remarries, they reclaim their marriage. To claim is to declare or take ownership of something. To reclaim is to retake something lost. An injured quarterback must reclaim the starting position from his replacement. Two countries fighting over territory may lose and reclaim an area of land. A bank can reclaim a house if you don't make mortgage payments. Reclaim comes from the Old French reclamer, "to call back," which is rooted in the Latin word reclamare, "cry out against, or appeal." WORD FAMILYreclaim: reclaimable, reclaimed, reclaiming, reclaims, reclamation+/claim: claimant, claimed, claiming, claims, counterclaim, reclaim/claimant: claimants/claimed: unclaimed/counterclaim: counterclaimed, counterclaims/irreclaimable: irreclaimably/reclaimable: irreclaimable/reclamation: reclamations USAGE EXAMPLESDemocrats reclaimed control of the House in November. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) That’s how we win – by reclaiming the notion of a better future from the reactionaries and demagogues. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) The BNF keeps vigil over a riverbank that’s vibrant with life once again as Parisians reclaim the quays once monopolized by industry. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1v claim back Syn|Hypo|Hyper repossess distrain legally take something in place of a debt payment foreclosesubject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage acquire, get come into the possession of something concrete or abstract 2v make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state The people reclaimed the marshes Hyper convert change the nature, purpose, or function of something 3v reuse (materials from waste products) 2Syn|Hyper recover recycle, reprocess, reuse use again after processing 1v bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one Syn|Hypo|Hyper rectify, reform, regenerate reform, see the light, straighten out change for the better moralise, moralize improve the morals of alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 2v overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable reclaim falcons Syn|Hypo|Hyper domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, tame domesticate, tame make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans break, break in make submissive, obedient, or useful alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation |
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