/rɪˈtriv/

vt.    恢复;  重新得到; vi.    找回猎物; n.    取回; 恢复,挽回; [计] 检索; [其他]    第三人称单数:retrieves 现在分词:retrieving 过去式:retrieved 过去分词:retrieved 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. He reached over and retrieved his jacket from the back seat 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. V-T To retrieve information from a computer or from your memory means to git it back. [计] 检索(信息); Computers can instantly retrieve millions of information bits.