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retrieve

verb
 
🔊/rɪˈtriːv/
🔊/rɪˈtriːv/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they retrieve
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he / she / it retrieves
🔊/rɪˈtriːvz/
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past simple retrieved
🔊/rɪˈtriːvd/
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past participle retrieved
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-ing form retrieving
🔊/rɪˈtriːvɪŋ/
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  1.  
    (formal) to bring or get something back, especially from a place where it should not be取回；索回 synonym recover
    • retrieve something from somebody/something She bent to retrieve her comb from the floor.她弯腰从地板上捡起她的梳子。🔊🔊
    • The dog retrieved the ball from the water.狗从水里捡回了球。
    • retrieve something The police have managed to retrieve some of the stolen money.警方已经追回了部分被盗钱款。🔊🔊
  2.  
    (computing计算机) to find and get back data or information that has been stored in the memory of a computer检索数据
    • retrieve something from somebody/something to retrieve information from the database从数据库检索资料
    • retrieve something 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。🔊🔊
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  3. retrieve something to make a bad situation better; to get back something that was lost扭转颓势；挽回；找回
    • You can only retrieve the situation by apologizing.你只有道歉才能挽回这个局面。🔊🔊
    • Employers are anxious to retrieve the investment they have made in training their employees.雇主急于收回他们在培训员工方面所做的投资。
    4. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘find lost game’): from Old French retroeve-, stressed stem of retrover ‘find again’.