clawsthback
—phrasal verbwithclawverb[IorT]uk/klɔː/us/klɑː/
UKto getpossessionof something again withdifficulty
费力夺回;设法捞回
Theairlineisbeginningtoclawback some of thebusinessitlostafter thebombexplosion.航空公司开始着手夺回在炸弹爆炸事件后损失的一些业务。
If thegovernment, forexample,clawsbackmoney, ittakesmoneyback in one way that it has already given in another way.
(政府)收回(钱款)
We got agovernmentgrantfor setting upourbusiness, but theyclawedit all back again intaxes.我们得到了一项政府拨款开办了公司,可是他们以税收的形式把钱全收回去了。