Reclamation is the process of changing land that is unsuitable for farming or building into land that can be used.
例句
...centuries of sea-wall construction and the reclamation of dry land from the marshes...几个世纪以来建造海堤并将沼泽地改造成为良田的行动The area is needed for a land reclamation project.一个土地开垦项目要在这一地区进行。
英汉词典释义
n.
废物回收利用,再造,再生
We should encourage reclamation and recycling.我们应当鼓励废物的回收和利用。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation
2. rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course;
"the reclamation of delinquent children"
3. the recovery of useful substances from waste products