reclaim
verbto get something back or to ask to have it back after it has been lost, taken away, etc. 取回；拿回；要求歸還 - reclaim something
You'll have to go to the police station to reclaim your wallet. 你得到警察局去認領你的錢包。 - reclaim something from somebody/something
The team reclaimed the title from their rivals. 這個隊從對手手中奪回了冠軍。
- reclaim something
- reclaim something (from something)
to make land that is naturally too wet or too dry suitable to be built on, farmed, etc. 開墾，利用，改造（荒地） - [usually passive] reclaim something
if a piece of land is reclaimed by desert, forest, etc., it turns back into desert, etc. after being used for farming or building 重新變爲沙漠（或森林等）；沙化；荒漠化；抛荒 - reclaim something (from something)
to obtain materials from waste products so that they can be used again 回收（廢品中有用的東西） 80% of aluminium could be reclaimed. 80%的鋁可以回收。
- reclaim somebody (from something)
to rescue somebody from a bad or criminal way of life 挽救；感化；使糾正；使悔過自新
Word OriginMiddle English (used in falconry in the sense ‘recall’): from Old French reclamer, from Latin reclamare ‘cry out against’, from re- ‘back’ + clamare ‘to shout’.