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recapture

🇬🇧 UK🇺🇸 US
C2

Definitions

v.

To capture someone or something again after an escape or loss; to experience or recreate a past feeling.

重新夺回;重新捕获;重温(感受)

n.

The act of capturing someone or something again.

重新夺回;再捕获

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
reagain, back
+
captake, seize, hold
+
tureact, process, state
=recapture

Common Collocations

  • 1.recapture the feeling重温那种感觉
  • 2.recapture a fugitive重新抓获逃犯
  • 3.recapture lost glory重拾昔日荣光
  • 4.recapture market share夺回市场份额

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Police recaptured the escaped prisoner within hours of his breakout.

  • 2.

    She returned to her childhood home, hoping to recapture the joy of simpler times.

  • 3.

    The company launched a new campaign to recapture its lost market share.

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