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. 那些人正试图找回该军队撤离这个岛时留下的武器。

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. 他这个惟一能挽回那个局面的人可能会接到这个电话。

3. V-T To retrieve information from a computer or from your memory means to get it back. (从电脑中) 读取 (信息)

Computers can instantly retrieve millions of information bits. 计算机能立刻读取数百万条信息。