1. 要求歸還（或恢復(fù)）；收回
    If you reclaim something that you have lost or that has been taken away from you, you succeed in getting it back.

    e.g. In 1986, they got the right to reclaim South African citizenship...
           1986年，他們?nèi)〉昧嘶謴?fù)南非公民身份的權(quán)利。
    e.g. 'I've come to reclaim my property,' she announced to the desk clerk.
           “我來(lái)要求歸還我的房產(chǎn)，”她向接待人員宣布。

2. 收回;拿回;申請(qǐng)退（稅）
    If you reclaim an amount of money, for example tax that you have paid, you claim it back.

reclaim是什么意思

    e.g. There are an estimated eight million people currently thought to be eligible to reclaim income tax.
           估計(jì)現(xiàn)在有800萬(wàn)人有資格申請(qǐng)所得稅退稅。

3. 開墾（荒地）；開拓（耕地或建筑用地）
    When people reclaim land, they make it suitable for a purpose such as farming or building, for example by draining it or by building a barrier against the sea.

    e.g. The Netherlands has been reclaiming farmland from water.
           荷蘭人一直在圍海造地。
    e.g. ...a scheme to build a residential development on 1,100 acres of reclaimed land in Tokyo Bay.
           在東京灣通過圍海造地開拓的1,100英畝土地上建造住宅區(qū)的計(jì)劃

4. 使（農(nóng)田、建筑用地）重新變成（沙漠、森林或海洋）
    If a piece of land that was used for farming or building is reclaimed by a desert, forest, or the sea, it turns back into desert, forest, or sea.

    e.g. The diamond towns are gradually being reclaimed by the desert...
           這些鉆石城鎮(zhèn)正逐漸重歸沙漠。
    e.g. This method of spraying would allow the land to be reclaimed by the rain forests.
           這種噴灑法可以使土地重新變成雨林。

5. 挽救;感化
    If you reclaim a person who has been involved in bad or criminal behaviour, you cause them to stop acting in that way.

    e.g. He set out to fight the drug infestation of Omaha by reclaiming a youth from the local gangs.
           他從挽救當(dāng)?shù)貛团傻囊粋€(gè)年輕人入手著力消除奧馬哈的毒品泛濫問題。