[with obj.]get (something) back; regain possession of 收回,找回;重新得到 I was sent to retrieve the balls from his garden. 我被打发去他的花园捡回球。 ■pick (something) up 拾起,捡起 Steven stooped and retrieved his hat. 史蒂芬弯腰拾起帽子。 ■(of a dog) find and bring back (game that has been shot) (狗)找到并衔回(中枪猎物) ■bring (something) back into one's mind 回忆,追忆 the police hope to encourage him to retrieve forgotten memories. 警察希望鼓励他想起已经忘记的事情。 ■find or extract (information stored in a computer) 检索(计算机存储信息) ■put right or improve (an unwelcome situation) (不好的局面)纠正,补救,挽回 he made one last desperate attempt to retrieve the situation. 他孤注一掷,试图挽回局面。 ■[no obj.]reel or bring in a fishing line 收绕钓丝
noun
an act of retrieving something, especially game that has been shot (尤指中枪猎物)找回 ■an act of reeling or drawing in a fishing line 钓丝的收绕
[mass noun](archaic)the possibility of recovery (古)恢复的可能性 he ruined himself beyond retrieve. 他彻底地毁了自己。
派生 retrievability noun retrievable adjective 语源
late Middle English (in the sense 'find lost game', said of a hunting dog): from Old French retroeve-, stressed stem of retrover 'find again'