with obj.
1- 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里把球捡回来。
1.1
- pick (something) up拾起, 捡起：
Steven stooped and retrieved his hat.
史蒂文弯腰拾起帽子。
1.2
- (of a dog) find and bring back (game that has been shot)（狗）找到并衔回（中枪猎物）。
1.3
- 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。
1.4
- find or extract (information stored in a computer)检索（计算机存储信息）。
1.5
- put right or improve (an unwelcome situation)（不好局面的）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。
1.6
- no obj. reel or bring in a fishing line收绕钓鱼线。
1
- an act of retrieving something, especially game that has been shot（尤指中枪猎物的）找回。
1.1
- an act of reeling or drawing in a fishing line钓鱼线的收绕。
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。
派生词
retrievability
nounretrievable
adjective词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'find lost game', said of a hunting dog）： from Old French retroeve-, stressed stem of retrover 'find again'.