claw back

英 [klɔː bæk]

美 [klɔː bæk]

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。

双语例句

• 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。
• When the catastrophe occurred the banks were unable to claw back bonuses already paid out on unreal profits.
  当灾难发生后，银行无法追回那些已根据非真实利润发放出去的奖金。
• Germans also score top on business leaders being unethical, with 81 per cent; overpaid at 88 per cent; and that governments should claw back bonuses at 82 per cent.
  德国人在认为企业领导人缺乏道德、薪酬过高以及政府应收回奖金方面的比例也是最高的，分别为81%、88%和82%。
• Companies are also reducing multiples of salary paid to chief executives as part of severance packages, and are adopting provisions to claw back bonus payments at a later date.
  同时，美国公司还在降低首席执行官离职补偿方案中的支薪倍数，而且加入了日后收回奖金的条款。
• Its success will be closely monitored by investors as the Canadian group attempts to claw back sales in a market dominated by rivals such as Apple and Samsung.
  这家加拿大公司试图在苹果（Apple）、三星（Samsung）等竞争对手主导的市场上夺回销量之际，Passport的成功与否将受到投资者密切关注。
• Firms like Morgan Stanley have already instituted a claw back policy while others are now falling in line.
  摩根士丹利（MorganStanley）之类的公司已经制订了追回政策，而其他公司也在纷纷效仿。
• But big pay-outs for US banking executives still seem permissible, although there are provisions for claw back bonuses paid on earnings that turn out to have been "materially inaccurate".
  但美国似乎仍允许银行业高管获得巨额派息，不过有一些根据业绩发放补偿性红利的规定，事实证明它们“根本不准确”。
• Despite speculation that Sony could claw back some of its losses with a video on demand release, a spokesperson said: Sony Pictures has no further release plans for the film.
  尽管有传言称，索尼可能会通过点映弥补一些损失，但一位发言人称：索尼电影还没有进一步的影片上映计划。
• If there are big pay-offs, Congress could decide to claw back the benefits.
  如果有大额收益，国会可以做出决定追还这些收益。
• Now, there are grounds for believing the rich countries North America, Western Europe and Japan could claw back some of the losses in the share of output that they have suffered in recent years.
  而现在，我们有理由相信，未来北美、西欧以及日本等发达国家可能部分夺回近年来在全球制造领域损失的份额。