retrieve

retrieve
verb
  1. [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
  1. 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
  2. [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
  1. late Middle English (in the sense 'find lost game', said of a hunting dog): from Old French retroeve-, stressed stem of retrover 'find again'
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