1retrieve sth (from sb/sth) to get sth back from the place where it was left or lost (在原处)取回,寻回(遗留或遗失的东西):
Police divers retrieved the body from the canal.警方潜水员从运河中找回尸体。
2 (computing计算机技术) to find information that has been stored 检索信息:
The computer can retrieve all the data about a particular customer.计算机能将某一顾客的有关资料都找出来。
3 to make a bad situation or a mistake better; to put sth right 纠正(错误);扭转(局面);补救:
The team was losing two-nil at half-time but they managed to retrieve the situation in the second half.该队上半场以二比零落后,但下半场终于扭转局面。 ➔retrieval /-vl ||; -vḷ/ noun [U]
retrieve/rIˋtriv; rIˈtriːv/v [T] to find something and bring it back 找回﹔取回: retrieve sth from sth I retrieved my suitcase from the hall cupboard. 我从大厅的壁橱里取回了我的手提箱。ways of retrieving information from the computer 检索电脑信息的方法 —retrieval n [U]: the storage and retrieval of data 数据的储存和检索