1. 要求归还（或恢复）；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，他们取得了恢复南非公民身份的权利。
    e.g. 'I've come to reclaim my property,' she announced to the desk clerk.
           “我来要求归还我的房产，”她向接待人员宣布。

2. 收回;拿回;申请退（税）
    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.
           估计现在有800万人有资格申请所得税退税。

3. 开垦（荒地）；开拓（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.
           荷兰人一直在围海造地。
    e.g. ...a scheme to build a residential development on 1,100 acres of reclaimed land in Tokyo Bay.
           在东京湾通过围海造地开拓的1,100英亩土地上建造住宅区的计划

4. 使（农田、建筑用地）重新变成（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...
           这些钻石城镇正逐渐重归沙漠。
    e.g. This method of spraying would allow the land to be reclaimed by the rain forests.
           这种喷洒法可以使土地重新变成雨林。

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.
           他从挽救当地帮派的一个年轻人入手着力消除奥马哈的毒品泛滥问题。