retrieve

1. V-T If you retrieve something, you get it back from the place where you left it. 找回; 取回

The men were trying to retrieve weapons left when the army abandoned the island. 那些人正試圖找回該軍隊撤離這個島時留下的武器。

2. V-T If you manage to retrieve a situation, you succeed in bringing it back into a more acceptable state. 挽回

He, the one man who could retrieve that situation, might receive the call. 他這個惟一能挽回那個局面的人可能會接到這個電話。

3. V-T To retrieve information from a computer or from your memory means to get it back. (從電腦中) 讀取 (信息)

Computers can instantly retrieve millions of information bits. 計算機能立刻讀取數(shù)百萬條信息。