retrieval

noun

🔊/rɪˈtriːvl/

[uncountable]

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(formal) the process of getting something back, especially from a place where it should not be取回；索回 synonym recovery
- The ship was buried, beyond retrieval, at the bottom of the sea.船已葬身海底，无法打捞。🔊🔊
- beyond retrieval (figurative) By then the situation was beyond retrieval (= impossible to put right).到那时，局势已无法挽回。🔊🔊
(computing计算机) the process of getting back information that is stored on a computer数据检索
- methods of information retrieval数据检索方法
Topics Computersc2