claw back

英 [klɔː bæk]

美 [klɔː bæk]

捞回，夺回（钱财或权势）; （政府）追回（已支付给民众的款项）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 捞回，夺回(钱财或权势)
  If someoneclaws backsome of the money or power they had lost, they get some of it back again.
  1. They will eventually be able to claw back all or most of the debt...
     他们最终能捞回全部或大部分的债务。
  2. In the meantime his generals will want to claw back some of their old influence.
     与此同时，他的将军们还想东山再起。
• PHRASAL VERB (政府)收回(已支付给民众的款项)
  If a governmentclaws backmoney, it finds a way of taking money back from people that it gave money to in another way.
  1. The Chancellor will try to claw back £3.5 billion in next year's Budget.
     财政大臣在明年的预算中将争取收回35亿英镑。

双语例句

• One Hong Kong lawyer believes that if any fraud were established, it could lead to civil settlement that might be discounted against the value of the loan notes, allowing caterpillar to claw back part of the cost of the era deal.
  一位香港律师相信，如果证实存在欺诈行为，就可能导致抵消欠款的民事和解，让卡特彼勒收回收购年代煤机的部分成本。
• The practice seemed harmless until the broker went bust, leaving hundreds of funds facing a long struggle to claw back assets.
  在雷曼破产前，这种做法似乎无害，但在雷曼破产后，它让数百家对冲基金走上了讨回资产的漫漫长路。
• Now, there are grounds for believing the rich countries North America, Western Europe and Japan could claw back some of the losses in the share of output that they have suffered in recent years.
  而现在，我们有理由相信，未来北美、西欧以及日本等发达国家可能部分夺回近年来在全球制造领域损失的份额。
• Hotel may offer a room discount, but hope to claw back profit from overpriced services.
  酒店也许会提供客房折扣，但往往希望从高价服务中找回利润。
• Germans also score top on business leaders being unethical, with 81 per cent; overpaid at 88 per cent; and that governments should claw back bonuses at 82 per cent.
  德国人在认为企业领导人缺乏道德、薪酬过高以及政府应收回奖金方面的比例也是最高的，分别为81%、88%和82%。
• Specialisation means that, once manufacturing has gone to Asia, it is very hard for US or European manufacturers to claw back.
  专业化意味着，一旦制造业转移到亚洲，美国和欧洲制造商将很难重新获得优势。
• In the meantime his generals will want to claw back some of their old influence.
  与此同时，他的将军们还想东山再起。
• A new mining levy will claw back some of firms'growing profits, supposedly to cover environmental and social costs.
  一项新的矿业税将一些公司不断增长的利润弥补回来，该矿业税包含了环境和社会成本。
• The four Japanese makers are also hoping to claw back some market share, forecasting a 47 per cent rise in shipments, compared with 36 per cent for the two largest South Korean companies.
  四家日本厂商还希望能夺回一些市场份额，预计它们的出货量将上升47%，而两家最大的韩国公司预测增幅为36%。
• The airline is beginning to claw back some of the business it lost after the bomb explosion.
  这个航空公司开始收回一些炸弹爆炸后损失的业务了。