reclaim

recover, reclaim, restore, regain

动词 reclaim:

1. claim back
   同义词：repossess
2. reuse (materials from waste products)
   同义词：recover
3. bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
   同义词：reform, regenerate, rectify
4. make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state
5. overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
   同义词：domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, tame

1. After he stop pay 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。
2. This land was reclaimed from the sea.
   这块土地是填海开垦出来的。
3. 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。
4. Her mission was to reclaim former criminals.
   她的任务是感化过去的罪犯。

re.claim

v.tr.（及物动词）
re.claimed,re.claim.ing,re.claims
To bring into or return to a suitable condition for use, as cultivation or habitation:
开拓：将……带入或返回到可以使用的适当境况，如开垦或居住：
例句：
reclaim marshlands; reclaim strip-mined land.
开垦沼泽地；开垦条状土地

To procure (usable substances) from refuse or waste products.
回收利用：从废物或废品中获取（可用之物质）
To bring back, as from error, to a right or proper course; reform.See Synonyms at save
使改正：使从诸如错误中回到正确或合适的道路轨迹上来；改造参见 save
To tame (a falcon, for example).
驯服：驯（例如，一只隼）

来源：
Middle English reclamen [to call back]
中古英语 reclamen [唤回]
from Old French reclamer [to entreat]
源自 古法语 reclamer [请求]
from Latin recl3m3re
源自 拉丁语 recl3m3re
re- [re-]
re- [前缀re-]
cl3m3re [to cry out] * see kel…- 2
cl3m3re [喊出来] *参见 kel…- 2

【引伸】
reclaim.able
adj.（形容词）
reclaim.ant 或
reclaim.er
n.（名词）