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reappropriation
noun[ C or U ]
formaluk /ˌriː.ə.prəʊ.priˈeɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌriː.ə.proʊ.priˈeɪ.ʃən/
the act of reappropriating something (= taking it back or using it in a new or different way), or something, especially money, that is reappropriated: 重新调配款项;重新定位
The historian was able to identify the perseverance and reappropriation of medieval practices.这位历史学家得以断定，中世纪的一些做法在后世被继续沿袭并做他用。
The reappropriations represent unspent money from past budgets.
Related word
appropriation
He will submit legislation calling for reappropriation of all funds expiring next month.
The book is original intellectual reappropriation of the content of Christian dogma.
The Legislature had not authorized $54 billion in reappropriations from previous years.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Taking things away from someone or somewhere
appropriate
bear away
carry someone away
carry something off
collect someone/something from somewhere
debug
divest someone of something
drain
drain (something) away
drainage
dredge
expropriate
relieve
remove
rob
root something/someone out
rout someone out
seize
shear
sweep
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