| 单词 | recapture |
| 释义 | recapture (once / 1854 pages) nv To recapture something is to get it back or catch it again. If you were the zookeeper at a very disorganized zoo, one of your jobs might be to recapture runaway baby pandas. The police might recapture an escaped prisoner, and when they do it they can call the act itself a recapture. You can also recapture things in a more figurative way — your dad might like to recapture his high school days by listening to 80s music, for example. The "again" prefix re- is added to capture, from Latin captura, "a taking." WORD FAMILYrecapture: recaptured, recaptures, recapturing+/capture: captured, capturer, captures, capturing, recapture/capturer: capturers USAGE EXAMPLESSince the drive to recapture Mosul began on Oct. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) In the north, a separate army unit pressed toward the border of Mosul proper after recapturing several outlying villages in recent days. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) The strikes appeared to be the first Russian support for a Turkish-backed rebel offensive aimed at recapturing the last IS stronghold in Aleppo province. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) 1n the act of taking something back Syn|Hyper retaking recovery, retrieval the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost) 2n a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount Hyper seizure the taking possession of something by legal process 3v capture again recapture the escaped prisoner Syn|Hyper retake capture, catch, get succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase 4v take back by force, as after a battle The military forces managed to recapture the fort Syn|Hypo|Hyper retake reconquer conquer anew take take by force 5v take up anew The author recaptures an old idea here Hyper capture succeed in representing or expressing something intangible 6v experience anew She could not recapture that feeling of happiness Hyper experience, feel undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind |
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