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

• 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%。
• 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%。
• So it is encouraging that both the government and RBS are taking steps not only to claw back past payouts from those touched by the scandal, but to shrink the bonus pool itself.
  因此，英国政府和rbs不仅都采取措施，收回丑闻涉案者之前的奖金，而且还缩减了奖金池本身的规模，这一点值得称道。
• 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。
• If there are big pay-offs, Congress could decide to claw back the benefits.
  如果有大额收益，国会可以做出决定追还这些收益。
• 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。
• Otherwise, SWD shall be entitled to withhold any amount of approved funding and claw back the payment.
  否则，社署有权停止发放及追回有关拨款。
• Despite speculation that Sony could claw back some of its losses with a video on demand release, a spokesperson said: Sony Pictures has no further release plans for the film.
  尽管有传言称，索尼可能会通过点映弥补一些损失，但一位发言人称：索尼电影还没有进一步的影片上映计划。
• Starting without pivot Wang Zhizhi for the second straight game, Bayi saw it trailing by10-point plus after the first quarter again, but failed to claw back after pitching Wang in the second one.
  第二场比赛中，作为八一队中流砥柱的王治郅仍没有首发。八一在第一节结束时又一次落后10来分，但这次他们在第二节派上王治郅后却没能再次把比分追上。
• Companies which reduce the value of option grants by the performance of an index and have real provisions to claw back bonuses after poor performance will benefit from investor confidence.
  若企业减少根据某一指标表现发放的期权的价值，并制定切实条款在业绩欠佳后追回奖金，就将获得投资者的信任，并从中受益。