claw back

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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。