recapture /riːˈkæptʃə/ TEM8 ( recapturing, recaptured, recaptures )

• 1. 

  V-T When soldiers recapture an area of land or a place, they gain control of it again from an opposing army who had taken it from them. 重新占领

  例：

  They said the bodies were found when rebels recaptured the area.

  他们说这些尸体是在反叛者们重新占领这个地区时被发现的。

• 2. 

  N-SING Recapture is also a noun. 重新占领

  例：

  ...an offensive to be launched for the recapture of the city.

  …为重新占领这座城市而即将发起的进攻。

• 3. 

  V-T When people recapture something that they have lost to a competitor, they get it back again. (从竞争对手处) 夺回

  例：

  I believe that he would be the best possibility to recapture the centre vote in the upcoming election.

  我相信他将是在即将来临的选举中最有可能夺回中间选票的人。

• 4. 

  V-T To recapture a person or animal which has escaped from somewhere means to catch them again. 抓回

  例：

  Police have recaptured Alan Lewis, who escaped from a jail cell in Boston.

  警察们已经抓回了从波士顿一个监狱牢房中逃跑的艾伦·刘易斯。

• 5. 

  N-SING Recapture is also a noun. 重新抓获

  例：

  ...the recapture of a renegade police chief in Panama.

  …在巴拿马叛变警局的重新抓获。