1PHRASAL VERB 捞回,夺回(钱财或权势) If someone claws back some of the money or power they had lost, they get some of it back again. 捞回,夺回(钱财或权势) [British] [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
They will eventually be able to claw back all or most of the debt. [VERBPREP. noun]
他们最终能捞回全部或大部分的债务。
In the meantime his generals will want to claw back some of their old influence. [VERBPREP. noun (not pronoun)]
与此同时,他的将军们还想东山再起。
2PHRASAL VERB (政府)收回(已支付给民众的款项) If a government claws back money, it finds a way of taking money back from people that it gave money to in another way. (政府)收回(已支付给民众的款项) [British] [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
The Chancellor will try to claw back £3.5 billion in next year's Budget. [VERBPREP. noun]