[VERB 动词]取回；找回 If you retrieve something, you get it back from the place where you left it.
[V n]
He reached over and retrieved his jacket from the back seat...
他伸手从后座上取回了自己的夹克。
The men were trying to retrieve weapons left when the army abandoned the island.
士兵们正试图找回军队从该岛撤退时留下的武器。
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[VERB 动词]使重新回到，挽回(某种局面) If you manage to retrieve a situation, you succeed in bringing it back into a more acceptable state.
[V n]
He is the one man who could retrieve that situation.
他是唯一能挽回局面的人。
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[VERB 动词]（计算机、大脑）检索，搜索（信息） To retrieve information from a computer or from your memory means to get it back.
[V n]
Computers can instantly retrieve millions of information bits...
计算机可以立即检索到数百万条信息。
As the child gets older, so his or her strategies for storing and retrieving information improve.
随着孩子们长大，他们储存和检索信息的能力也会提高。
Oxford
re·trieve/rɪˈtriːv; NAmErɪˈtriːv/verb1( formal) to bring or get sth back, especially from a place where it should not be 取回；索回SYN
recover
retrievesth from sb/sth ◆She bent to retrieve her comb from the floor.她弯腰从地上捡起她的梳子。retrievesth ◆The police have managed to retrieve some of the stolen money.警方已经追回了部份被盗钱款。2( computing 计) to find and get back data or information that has been stored in the memory of a computer 检索数据retrievesth from sb/sth ◆to retrieve information from the database从数据库检索资料retrievesth ◆The program allows you to retrieve items quickly by searching under a keyword.这个程序通过关键词进行搜索，能让你迅速获取数据项。3retrievesth to make a bad situation better; to get back sth that was lost 扭转颓势；挽回；找回◆You can only retrieve the situationby apologizing. 你只有道歉才能挽回这个局面。▶re·triev·able/rɪˈtriːvəbl; NAmErɪˈtriːvəbl/adjectiveOPP
1formal to find something and bring it back → recover: She bent down to retrieve her earring.retrieve something from something It took four days to retrieve all the bodies from the crash.2technical to get back information that has been stored in the memory of a computer: The new version of the software automatically retrieves digital information.3retrieve a situation British English to make a situation satisfactory again after there has been a serious mistake or problem: The general made one last desperate effort to retrieve the situation.—retrievable adjective
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